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
Jones appears on the show as the loyal sidekick to one of the characters.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
And the fries were more than just a sidekick.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Diaz, in her second screen appearance since ending her own acting hiatus, is welcome if hardly tested as a long-suffering bestie, while Bomer scores the film’s few straightforward laughs as her dim-bulb sidekick.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Melton counts as Curry’s most likely backcourt sidekick in next week’s NBA play-in tournament.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
And the fries were more than just a sidekick.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Diaz, in her second screen appearance since ending her own acting hiatus, is welcome if hardly tested as a long-suffering bestie, while Bomer scores the film’s few straightforward laughs as her dim-bulb sidekick.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
Melton counts as Curry’s most likely backcourt sidekick in next week’s NBA play-in tournament.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidekick
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The positions include 11 elementary school counselors, 17 exceptional service education counselors, 16 social workers, 21 clerical support assistants and 40 district management positions, according to a document provided by the school district.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Clyde Caldwell, a classroom assistant at Hyde Park Academy, said both teens were enrolled at the school.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Seventeen in 1941, Betty forewent college to serve in wartime as a Red Cross nurse’s aide.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Unlike other recent Cabinet departures, Chavez-DeRemer’s exit was announced by a White House aide, not by the president on his social media account.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The victim was transported the South Shore Hospital after receiving aid on the scene.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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And by the way, there’s a humanitarian component here as well in terms of fertilizer, food, and other aid agencies that need that open for the ongoing crises in Africa.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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During the Renaissance, master painters typically employed apprentices to work alongside them as the apprentices learned their craft.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Born in 1857 in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, Hershey took an interest in candy making at age 14 and spent four years as an apprentice at a place called Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor and Garden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.—
David P. Willis,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Blair previously served as one of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’s deputies.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2026
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Ann-Marie Guglieri, Yale's executive deputy director/chief operating officer of athletics, and Mary Berdo, deputy director of athletics, the second- and third-ranked positions in the department under Chun, purchased a house together in Milford, Connecticut, in June 2018, the deed shows.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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“Sidekick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidekick. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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