aide

noun

ˈād 

: a person who acts as an assistant

a teacher's aide

specifically : a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer

Synonyms of aide

• assistant
• aid
• apprentice
• adjutant
• deputy

Examples of aide in a Sentence

The senate office hired several congressional aides.

the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow

Recent Examples on the Web

Plenty of junior aides know things, and plenty of people who talk to people who work in the White House or work in a government agency know things. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026

In his post-football career, Jurkovec worked as a a legislative aide for Pennsylvania Representative Josh Kail, but a spokesperson for the House Republicans said that his employment there ended in November 2025. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

In the coming months, they are alleged to have worked with two aides in Netanyahu’s office on a scheme for which they were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

From 1968 to 1971, Capen served in the Department of Defense as a key aide to President Richard Nixon’s Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

short for aide-de-camp

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing aide

• aide-de-camp
• aide-mémoire
• nurse aide
• nurse's aide

Rhymes for aide

• aid
• bade
• blade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade
• glade

Kids Definition

aide

noun

ˈād 

: a person who acts as an assistant

Medical Definition

aide

noun

ˈād 

: a person who acts as an assistant

volunteer aides

psychiatric aides

see nurse aide