sidekicks

noun

plural of sidekick
as in assistants
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 sidekicks The film will follow the offspring of a few beloved sidekicks. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 Aug. 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 This is a realm of exposition-heavy opening credits, relentlessly earwormy theme tunes, and heroes who, for no obvious reason, choose to hang out with cute/annoying [delete as appropriate] comedy sidekicks like Orko and Snarf. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026 The minions have appeared in six films since — three Despicable Me movies and, making the jump from sidekicks to stars, three Minions movies. — Taylor Swinton, Washington Post, 3 July 2026 At the Minions & Monsters premiere at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, Jesse also revealed that Banner is a fan of the Minions movies — spinoffs of the Despicable Me films fronted by the yellow, goggle-wearing sidekicks to protagonist Gru (Steve Carell). — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 The Minions were first introduced to audiences in 2010’s Despicable Me as the loyal sidekicks of former supervillain Gru (Steve Carell). — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026 Journeying to the show’s academy, named Kal Asterock, reminds me of watching Sky High, the 2005 Disney film about a high school for superheroes and sidekicks developing their powers. — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidekicks
  1. assistants
  2. aides
  3. apprentices
  4. aids
  5. deputies
Noun
  • Every SaaS provider is building its own agent, but retailers can’t realistically deploy dozens of competing assistants across a single customer journey.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence assistants have billions of users — but data on how people are really using the tools is sparse and fragmented.
    — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • The school also has two additional former Castro students working as campus aides — and the pipeline may continue.
    — Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And the concept, in his eyes, isn’t exclusive to the relationship between disabled people and their aides.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • With the money, the museum is able to sustain, among other things, an internship program for teaching apprentices and a speaker series.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • The Hummer’s tech aids in overcoming obstacles created by its massive size.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026
  • People are reaching for aids years earlier, and staying in work as a result.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids
Noun
  • Shortly after arrival at the hospital, deputies said that 8-year-old Camila Leon had succumbed to her injuries.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Among them were Broward County sheriff’s deputies who wanted photos and a trio of women who lamented they had been drawn into a new Republican-leaning district.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputies

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