sidekick

noun

ˈsīd-ˌkik How to pronounce sidekick (audio)
Definition of sidekicknext
as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick, who often provides comic relief

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Recent Examples of sidekick Fred was rarely found without the company of his sidekick and best pal, Grady Wilson. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 George Savalas, Telly's younger brother, played Kojak's comic-relief sidekick, Stavros. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026 The critical brain is still zonked, and along with it, its pesky sidekicks, self-doubt and anxiety. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 Wacky animal sidekicks once felt vibrant in a holistic world of artifice; here, a goggle-eyed rooster just looks diseased. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sidekick
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidekick
  1. assistant
  2. aide
  3. aid
  4. apprentice
  5. deputy
  6. adjutant
Noun
  • Second-year University of Connecticut student Kira Mesick jumped at the chance to fill a resident assistant job at the university’s new, $29 million residence hall in downtown Hartford, seizing on its Pratt Street location.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Sustaining a life in medicine would be impossible without the support of my colleagues — doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, technicians and translators.
    — Rajani LaRocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • The attention to detail extended even to Obama’s on-screen aide, played by his real-life Director of Oval Office Operations Brian Mosteller.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Dade’s maternal grandmother, Beverly Anderson, told WKBW-TV that her granddaughter worked as a health aide for elderly people and aspired to become a nurse.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of aide
Noun
  • The suit seeks financial compensation and wants Congress to divest US aid from the Israeli military units involved in the destruction.
    — Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Police escorted a man accused of killing Scottish aid worker Elisabeth Jane Ross and hiding her body in a suitcase to court on Wednesday after he was charged with murder and robbery.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of aid
Noun
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The apprentices worked in an assembly line fashion, taking each computer out of the box and plugging it into a charging station.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentice
Noun
  • Circumstances leading up to the shooting are still under investigation, but deputies said that a man was shot in the leg.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For Daniel Murray, deputy chief investment officer at EFG Asset Management, investor skepticism on European stocks had gone too far given the outlook for strong macro growth and solid earnings.
    — Sagarika Jaisinghani, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputy
Noun
  • But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
    — Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
Definition of adjutant

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