Sidekick

Quick meaning: Sidekick is a noun meaning (informal) An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person.

Meaning

(informal) An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person.

More Meanings

1. (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre, etc., a good foil of the protagonist, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character.

Example Sentences

So even though he had – no question – the best lines in Friends, he was never what he would have been in an earlier era: the sidekick.

If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility.

Elon Musk, Mr. Trump’s new sidekick, shared on his social media platform X an NBC News video of Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, who suggested the Gaetz pick was a strategic move to upset Democrats.

In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.

Word Forms

• sidekicks

Synonyms for sidekick

Depending on context, synonyms include acolyte, deuteragonist, pupil, wingman, crony, buddy.

Antonyms for sidekick

Common opposites include mentor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crony, buddy, chum, brother, pal, assistant.

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