Advanced Vocabulary - Assistants, Helpers and Secretaries

Assistants, Helpers and Secretaries

accomplice noun

someone who helps another person to do something illegal or wrong.

acolyte noun

formal someone who helps an important person and supports their ideas, often without ever criticizing them.

administrative assistant noun

someone whose job is to help other people by doing office work.

agent noun

someone whose job is to help a writer, performer, or sports player by finding work for them.

aide noun

someone whose job is to help another person in their work.

ally noun

someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you.

ancillary adjective

working with professional people such as doctors and teachers to help them in their work.

assistant noun

someone whose job is to help another person in their work, for example by doing the easier parts of it.

asst abbreviation

assistant.

attendant noun

someone whose job is to help customers or people who visit a public place.

auxiliary noun

a worker who helps more senior or permanent workers.

buddy noun

someone who forms an arrangement with another person in which they help each other.

bureaucrat noun

showing disapproval someone who is employed to help run an office or government department. This word can suggest that you do not like people like this because you think they have too much power and care too much about rules and systems.

facilitator noun

formal someone who helps a person or organization to find a solution to a problem.

factotum noun

formal someone whose job is to do many different jobs for someone else.

first aider noun

British someone who is trained to give first aid.

fixer noun

British someone who deals with problems for someone else.

follower noun

someone who supports and travels with an important person such as a military or political leader.

girl Friday noun

informal old-fashioned a female secretary.

handmaiden noun

literary something that supports something else that is more important.

help noun

a person or thing that helps.

helper noun

someone who helps a person or organization, especially without payment.

helpmate noun

mainly literary someone who helps and supports another person, especially a husband or wife.

knight-errant noun

humorous a man who arrives and helps you.

lieutenant noun

someone whose job is to help an official of high rank.

lifesaver noun

informal a person or thing that gets someone out of a difficult situation.

man Friday noun

a man who helps someone with their work, especially in an office.

mentor noun

an experienced person who helps someone who has less experience, especially in their job.

PA noun

personal assistant: someone whose job is to help a manager by writing business letters, organizing meetings etc.

page noun

a student whose job is to help a member of the Congress in the US.

patrolman noun

British someone whose job is to help people if their car stops working while they are driving.

personal assistant noun

someone whose job is to help a manager by writing business letters, organizing meetings etc. A personal assistant is often simply called a PA.

promoter noun

someone who helps to start a new company or project.

prop noun

someone or something that helps a system, organization, or person to be strong or to continue to exist.

salvation noun

something or someone that helps someone in a bad or dangerous situation.

secretary noun

someone in an office who works for someone else and who does jobs such as arranging meetings, making phone calls, and preparing letters.

social secretary noun

someone whose job is to organize social activities for an important person or an organization.

steward noun

someone who helps to organize people at an event such as a football match, a race, or a wedding.

an extra pair of hands

another person who can help you to do something.

the cavalry

humorous people who come and solve all your problems when you are in difficulties.

 

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