Thesaurus results for SIDEKICK

sidekick

noun

ˈsīd-ˌkik

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 More than 90% of the action takes place in the Scottish Highlands — or its intersection with the Twilight Zone — starting with the very first scene, where von Essen’s Tommy and his hiking sidekick, Happy Anderson as Jeff, are on a middle-of-the-night walkabout. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2026 Sarah, Claire’s relentlessly perky robot sidekick, similarly cannot compute why Claire would wish to undermine Sarah’s prime directive, to keep Claire alive. —

Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026 According to Nielsen, the third season opened to 823 million minutes of viewing which was 20% lower than the premiere of the second series despite the Mandalorian and his diminutive sidekick still being front and center. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Since Season 1, Grogu has always been a sidekick for Mando to keep safe. —

Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sidekick

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Kareem Dale, Obama’s special assistant for disability policy during his tenure, will narrate the audio descriptive tour for the center.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
While the traditional Google Search isn't going away, the tech giant rolled out several new updates to Google Search AI Mode, including more natural chatbot conversations, the introduction of AI personal assistants and improved online booking capabilities.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 June 2026