
menial: a person who does boring or unpleasant work for another personģ6. mate: an assistant to a more skilled person (also various other meanings)ģ5. man Friday: a devoted, efficient assistant also “ girl Friday” or “ gal Friday” (from the character named Friday in Robinson Crusoe)ģ4. maid/maidservant: someone who cleans and performs other tasks for another person (maid also refers to an unmarried girl or woman)ģ1–33. lieutenant: someone who assists and/or substitutes for another person (also, a specific military rank or role)Ģ9–30. legman: someone who gathers information and/or runs errands for another personĢ8. lackey: a person who performs menial or unpleasant work for another (originally a footman or a general servant also refers to a sycophant)Ģ7. 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.
