right-hand man

1. 1.

   the most helpful assistant

   Synonymschief assistantman Friday

   Broaderassistant

Questions about right-hand man

What does right-hand man mean?

right-hand man means "the most helpful assistant".

What is another word for right-hand man?

Close synonyms include chief assistant, 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 right-hand man a common word?

right-hand man 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.