sidekick
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Synonyms
adjunct, adjutant, aid, aide, apprentice, assistant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, lieutenant, mate
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Following behind, a specialized tractor attachment called a sidekick, which pushed each piece of sod beside the next to create a tight and continuous playing surface. — Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Field Flip: How in 9 days Broncos Stadium changed from The Rolling Stones to the NFL," 19 Aug. 2019 The King’s sidekick Nov. 3 vs. L.A. Lakers: The other team in Los Angeles did not fare so well in LeBron James’ first season in Hollywood, missing the postseason for the sixth straight season. — Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com, "Nine can’t-miss games in the Spurs’ 2019-20 schedule," 12 Aug. 2019 He has been given two lively sidekicks — the Argentine tango dancer Santiago (the vibrant Ricky Rojas) and the painter and, uh, show-within-the-show director Toulouse-Lautrec (a charmingly melancholy Sahr Ngaujah). — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Offers a Party, and a Playlist, for the Ages," 25 July 2019 Despite Their Rocky Start Brad Pitt plays Cliff Booth, DiCaprio’s sidekick, stunt double and best friend in the film. — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, "Leonardo DiCaprio Says He'll Keep Acting 'As Long as They'll Have Me': It's the 'Greatest Gift'," 23 July 2019 Waffle chips and a sandwich’s favorite sidekick, the pickle, come on the side. — Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, "Grilled cheese, please: Where to find South Florida’s craziest creations," 23 July 2019 The doctor travels to Transylvania, where his own monster, played by Kevin Michael Myers, will be born aided by a hunchback sidekick (Cody Swanson), lab assistant (Kaylea Kudlaty) and sour-faced housekeeper (Rebecca Riffle Polito). — Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, "Chagrin Valley Little Theater cast brings ‘Young Frankenstein’ to life," 19 July 2019 While these celebs don't appear in the same capacity as stars Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, and Emma Thompson (or Kumail Nanjiani who voices the cute alien sidekick Pawny), they are clearly marked as other worldly. — Joyce Chen, refinery29.com, "MIB: International Adds A Few Celebrity Aliens To The Men In Black Universe," 15 June 2019 Saladino and Goodman got into the car with Adam Korzeniewski, a consultant to the Saladino campaign, and Stephen Centineo, Saladino’s childhood friend, body man, and YouTube sidekick. — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, "Joey Salads Gets Out the Vote," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sidekick.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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