assistant
/əˈsɪstənt/
adjectivenoun
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
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Adjective 2 meanings
Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
“an assistant surgeon”
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Noun 3 meanings
A person who assists or helps someone else.
Sales assistant.
A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English assistent, from Middle French assistant, from assister. By surface analysis, assist + -ant.
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ASSISTANT at a glance
ASSISTANT has 9 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (A 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,880 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with assistant
All rhymes- WANT7
- IMPORTANT13
- SIGNIFICANT17
- MEANT7
- PLANT7
- RESTAURANT10
- GRANT6
- GIANT6
- RELEVANT11
- PREGNANT11
- BRILLIANT11
- CONSTANT10
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