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Underling

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

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Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Narrower term 3

Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Cog 76% connected

To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Subsidiary 74% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subsidiary 74% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subordinate 92% connected

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subsidiary 92% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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