Definition: someone who acts as assistant
Similar words: assistant, help, helper, supporter
Definition: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Usage: my invaluable assistant; they hired additional help to finish the work
Synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, auxiliary
Definition: functioning in a supporting capacity
Usage: the main library and its auxiliary branches
Similar words: secondary
Definition: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
Usage: the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher; a secondary source; a secondary issue; secondary streams
Synonyms: auxiliary, ancillary, accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant
Definition: furnishing added support
Usage: an ancillary pump; an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism; The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
Similar words: supportive
Definition: furnishing support or assistance
Usage: a supportive family network; his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer