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 Can the Spurs win if the sidekicks aren’t sharpshooters? — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2026 Joining him are a cavalry of superstar sidekicks, some of whom might be in high school right now. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 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 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 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 Before ensemble sitcoms like Seinfeld, before oddball sidekicks became television staples, there was Ed Norton—the sewer worker with boundless optimism played by Carney on The Honeymooners. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 15 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidekicks
  1. assistants
  2. aides
  3. apprentices
  4. aids
  5. deputies
Noun
  • Others newly added to the professional list include degrees for physical therapy, athletic training, speech-language pathology, physician associates and anesthesiologist assistants.
    — Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • The aides allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Some aides were pushing him to run for president in 2016 instead.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • Reducing the quantity of new trade workers forced to work as apprentices is the simplest answer to the ratio problem.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Guests will hear the shuffle of San Francisco outside the windows, phones ringing, and the lingering voices of apprentices or other clients.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • However, because his hearing aids connected directly to the ringtone, the two ended up wandering around the house, using the changing volume to narrow down its location instead of listening for the phone itself.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Apple calls it the world’s first end to end hearing health experience built into consumer earbuds, part of a growing lineup of over the counter hearing aids now reshaping how people access treatment.
    — Allison Palmer July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of aids
Noun
  • The woman had been missing since May 25, when deputies took a report of a missing person in the 900 block of Locust Road.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Restaurant staff told deputies that Tinucci had been driving the SUV earlier that day.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026
Definition of deputies

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