COADJUTOR Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˌkō-ə-ˈjü-tər

Definition of coadjutor

as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person he was appointed coadjutor to the president

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adjective

as in junior

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Recent Examples of coadjutor

Noun

Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk. — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year. — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan. — al, 1 Dec. 2020 Anchorage’s former archbishop, Paul Etienne, was appointed to that position in 2016 and moved to Seattle in 2019 to serve as the coadjutor archbishop there. — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020

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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

Adjective

The squad’s elder statesmen set standards on the pitch and in the dressing room to help their more junior colleagues along their journey.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
In today's complex job market, where AI competes for junior roles and economic uncertainty prevails, employee retention is vital.

— David Morel, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of junior

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

Adjective

Atthapol Anusit, deputy regional police commander, said Sunday that police had interviewed several witnesses but had not yet determined the motive for the attack.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Katie Miller, the former White House official who is married to deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, lauded Ocasio-Cortez for pursuing motherhood.

— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of deputy

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

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