Assistant and Opponent

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Assistant noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.

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Opponent is an antonym for assistant in helper topic.

Nearby Words: assist, assistance, assisting

Opponent noun - One that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict.

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Assistant is an antonym for opponent in person with whom one competes topic.

human	human assistant	human opponent
good	good assistant	good opponent
female	female assistant	female opponent
current	current assistant	current opponent
Other adjectives: original, actual, male, main, new, possible, former, hapless, primary, last, competent, said, unnamed, younger.

The Ace Attorney games make liberal use of internal monologue, but every so often Phoenix's assistant (or opponent, or witness) will react to what he's thinking... sometimes angrily.

Source: Inner Monologue Conversation
Stefanik wrestles with the man and beats him, taking the gun in the process, but declines to shoot the man, instead deliberately smearing his opponent's hand over the infected spot on his dead assistant's face, so that he'll dissolve slowly from his hand up.

Source: Film / Agent for H.A.R.M.

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