chief assistant

1. 1.

   the most helpful assistant

   Synonymsright-hand manman Friday

   Broaderassistant

Questions about chief assistant

What does chief assistant mean?

chief assistant means "the most helpful assistant".

What is another word for chief assistant?

Close synonyms include right-hand man, man Friday. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chief assistant a common word?

chief assistant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.