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hireling: someone paid to do an unpleasant or illicit taskĢ6. henchman: a trusted assistant (often used colloquially for a politician’s aide), or a subordinate member of a gang (originally, a page or squire to a nobleman)Ģ5. helpmate: an assistant who also serves as a companion, or a wife also helpmeetĢ4. helper: an assistant, especially an unskilled laborer who assists a skilled workerĢ2.–23. help: an employee or helper often used collectively (“the help”)Ģ1. handmaiden: a female maid or servant also handmaid (also, something inanimate that exists to assist or serve)Ģ0. gofer: someone who performs errands or other simple tasks for another person (from “go for”)ġ8.–19. follower: someone in the service of another personġ7. flunky: a person who performs various small tasks for an important or powerful person also spelled flunkey and flunkie (also refers to a sycophant)ġ6. factotum: a servant with multiple responsibilities (also, anyone with multiple responsibilities)ġ5. employee: someone who works for someone else or for a company or organization for pay also spelled employeġ4. deputy: a substitute or second in command (also, a member of a lower house of a legislative body)ġ3. cog: an assistant who is one of many or who has a minor role in a company or organizationġ1. coadjutor: an assistant (also, a Catholic bishop subordinate to and often a successor to the bishop of a diocese)ġ0. auxiliary: a member of a foreign military unit fighting alongside military units of another nation (also, a Catholic bishop subordinate to and not entitled to succeed the bishop of a diocese)ĩ. attendant: an assistant or servant, or an employee who helps customers (also, someone who attends an event, or something that accompanies something else)Ĩ. apprentice: an assistant training to master a skillħ. aide-de-camp: a military officer who is an assistant to a superior officerĦ. aide: an assistant, often in a military or political context (sometimes misspelled aid)ĥ. adjutant: a military officer who is an assistant and secretary to a superior officerĤ. adjunct: an assistant or associate (also, a short-term or junior faculty member, or something added or joined to another)ģ.

accomplice: an assistant, especially in the commission of a crimeĢ.

50 Synonyms for “Assistant” By Mark NicholĪ number of words-many precise in meaning, as well as colorful and/or pejorative-exist to assist you in describing someone who works below another person.

Another word for things that are not important