Assistant
Sidekick
Sidekick noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.
Usage example: movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick, who often provides comic relief
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Synonyms for Sidekick
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Related pairs
- friend and assistant
- friend and sidekick
- help and assistant
- help and sidekick
- apprentice and assistant
- apprentice and sidekick
- partner and assistant
- partner and sidekick
- companion and assistant
- companion and sidekick
- colleague and assistant
- colleague and sidekick
- associate and assistant
- associate and sidekick
Both words in one sentence
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Initially nothing more than Sharpay's sidekick/assistant who obeys her every order, he "rebelled" against her in the second movie, and started hanging out with the Wildcats instead.
Source: Film / High School Musical - Phoenix's assistant/sidekick Maya considers anything she's interested in to be Serious Business.
Source: Serious Business / Video Games - The Big Bad has an assistant or sidekick to whom they spend a lot of time bragging to about just how clever they are.
Source: Bastard Understudy
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