Assistant

Definition: Assistant

Assistant

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.

Noun

1. A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work".

Date "assistant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Domain	Definition
Labor	Au directeur des ventes. Source: European Union. (references)
	One who acts as a subordinate to another or as an official in a subordinate capacity. Source: European Union. (references)
Occupations	A term applied to a worker who assists another by performing similar duties and by assuming authority and responsibilities of worker assisted during worker's absence. The same classification should be assigned an ASSISTANT (any industry) as is assigned worker assisted. When duties performed by ASSISTANT (any industry) are clearly subordinate to and different from those of worker assisted, job may be that of HELPER (any industry) Master Title, or possibly APPRENTICE (any industry) Master Title, if there is a contractual agreement according to which worker receives training to learn job. See TECHNICIAN (profess. & kin.) for workers assisting engineers and other scientists. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ASA	English	Advance Stack Assistant	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Assistant

Synonyms: adjunct (adj), help (n), helper (n), supporter (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Auxiliary	Noun: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator; coadjutor, coadjutrix; collaborator.
Judge	Noun: judge; justice, justiciar, justiciary; chancellor; justice of assize, judge of assize; recorder, common sergeant; puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge; conservator of the peace, justice of the peace; J.P.; court; (tribunal); magistrate, police magistrate, beak; his worship, his honor, his lordship.
Lawyer	Legal secretary; legal assistant; law student.
Servant	Secretary; under secretary, assistant secretary; clerk; subsidiary; agent; subaltern; underling, understrapper; man.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Look at you: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. (Fast Times at Ridgemont High; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) I have instructed my assistant to be paid into your Swiss bank account the sum of ten million dollars each. (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood) George Costanza, assistant to the traveling secretary. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Miss Kubelik, one doesn't get to be a second administrative assistant around here unless he's a pretty good judge of character, and as far as I'm concerned you're tops. (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond) I would like very much to spend my remaining days here as your assistant. (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner)
Movie/TV Titles	Personal Assistant (1959) Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) Assistant Wives (1927) The Devil's Assistant (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Building a Partnership With Your Boss: A Take-Charge Assistant Book (reference) Special Women: The Role of the Professional Labor Assistant (reference) The Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant (2nd Edition) (reference) The Magician's Assistant (reference) The Ship Model Builder's Assistant (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	California Medical Assistant (reference) Cpt Assistant (reference) Essential Assistant (reference) First Hand: A Publication For The Rn Assistant (reference) Legal Assistant Today (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	SportBrain "Buddy Brains" Personal Fitness Assistant (2-Units) (reference) SportBrain "First Step" Personal Fitness Assistant (1-Unit) (reference) Directory Assistant (reference) Diet & Exercise Assistant 4.0 (reference) MONEY Magazine Financial Assistant for Palm OS (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Soehnle Personal Health Assistant Scale (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The beginning of the chemotherapy testing program. J. Hartwell (right) and assistant at NCI about 1950. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Shows photo of Dr. Paulo Borges and woman assistant innoculate leukemia into mice at Jackson Memorial Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Passed Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane Aid on the Coast Survey prior to Arctic explorations 1820-1857. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		H. W. Blair Assistant in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Survey crew under Assistant John F. Pratt, #1, departing San Francisco for the surveying along the Alaska-Canada 141st Meridian Boundary. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		General Vessel Assistant King runs winch and Chief Boatswain Nutting reads wire angle during bongo tow operations. Credit: Fisheries.
	Penny Dalton, former Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries, cleans trash and debris from the rip rap around the perimeter of the wetlands at Ft McHenry. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Lead Electronics Technician Bob Blackburn, Assistant Survey Tech Maureen Goff, and Assistant Survey Tech Scot Warrender at work setting up a GPS station atop Sawyer Island. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 10. Bulldog sounder, invented by Marine Engineer Roughton, assistant engineer Steil, and naturalist George C. Wallich for use in deep water sounding operations by HMS BULLDOG in the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean in 1860 while under command of Sir Leopold McClintock RN. This device was also used on HMS PORCUPINE in water depths up to 3200 meters in 1862. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Dr. Lawrence Delaney, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, discusses various flight test programs at Edwards Air Force Base with Col. Perry Lamy, 412th Test Wing commander. (P.; photo by Kevin Robertson)..
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	In case of the death, resignation or recall of any Delegate, Assistant Delegate or Assessor, a successor to him shall be nominated as soon as possible. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	On leaving the convent, he took in his own hands, and would not entrust to any assistant, the little box, the key of which he always had about him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Lee, Philip R. Assistant Secretary for Health. (references)
		If there is not time that day, perhaps you can speak to a nurse or physician assistant on staff or schedule a telephone appointment. (references)
		The safety of irradiated foods has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and by the Assistant Secretary of Health, as well as by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (references)
Business		An assistant, Champa Chung, was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, and a third defendant, Samdrup, received 2 years' imprisonment. (references)
		After the breakup of China Telecom and government reorganization, MII has proposed to the State Council to set up provincial telecommunications regulators to assistant MII in regulating the telecommunications market. (references)
		This personal assistant is targeted to independent professionals, liberal professions and people who work from home and wish to remain reachable but not bothered by phone calls 24-hours a day. According to France Telecom, this potentially means one million people in the Paris region alone. (references)
Children	Guatemala	Throughout the entire period, Barrientos, despite being charged with rape of a minor, continued working as the assistant prosecutor for minors. (references)
	Sweden	The Government provides persons with disabilities with assistance, which may include a personal assistant for persons with severe disabilities, or improvements in the workplace's accessibility to wheelchairs. (references)
	Guatemala	On October 23, 2000, a 15-year-old girl, accompanied by her mother, filed rape charges with the Victim's Assistance Unit of the Prosecutor's Office (OAV) in Zacapa against Freddy Barrientos Alfaro, an assistant prosecutor for minors. (references)
Civil Liberties	Ukraine	On September 22, the assistant editor of XXI Vek was hit by a car in Luhansk. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	The IPTF criticized the local police response and cited Stolac's assistant police chief; he was scheduled to be transferred to other duties. (references)
	Greece	In 1991 in accordance with the law, the Government, upon receiving recommendations from a committee of Muslim notables selected by the Government, appointed two muftis and one assistant mufti, all resident in Thrace, to 10-year terms. (references)
Economic History	Bahrain	Government oversight of the tourism industry currently rests with the Assistant Undersecretary for Tourism within the Ministry of Information. (references)
	Palau	Salii's personal assistant had been imprisoned several months earlier after being convicted of firing shots into the home of the Speaker of the House of Delegates. (references)
	Monaco	The Supreme Court is composed of five chief members and two assistant judges named by the Prince on the basis of nominations by the National Council and other government bodies. (references)
Human Rights	Iraq	Thirty of the victims' names reportedly were published, which included three doctors and one medical assistant. (references)
	Belize	As a result, the authorities discharged assistant inspectors Eli Salazar and Cardinal Smith from the police force. (references)
	Guatemala	The court also found the bishop's assistant, Father Mario Orantes, guilty and sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. (references)
Minorities	Ghana	On May 25, members of the Tijanniya and Al-Sunna Muslim sects clashed in Madina, Greater Accra, over the choice of an assistant Imam. (references)
Political Economy	Kenya	There are a total of 28 ministers and 50 assistant ministers in the cabinet. (references)
Political Rights	Brunei	The first female High Court judge was appointed in 1999, since 2000 a woman has been director of the Anticorruption Bureau, and both the Solicitor General and the Assistant Solicitor General are women. (references)
Travel	Ghana	Recently, temporary office spaces (complete with access to a personal assistant, computer room, a/c equipment and more) are being made available. (references)
Women	Bosnia and Herzegovina	The Pale Assistant Police Commander initially told IPTF human rights officers that the incidents happened "behind closed doors" so the police could not intervene. (references)
Worker Rights	Nigeria	The Assistant Inspector General of Police was investigating allegations of the collusion of customs officials in trafficking. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	Well, I am writing it by myself. I am writing it in big notebooks. I have a young assistant Justin Cooper who back facts checks things for me. He types it in the computer and puts it back. Then I edit it two or three times.
Dennis Miller	My personal assistant screwed up.
Rudy Giuliani	I don't know yet. I'm working on that. It could be about my experiences fighting crime, investigating, the trafficking, the Mafia, white-collar crime, going back to when I was an assistant U.S. attorney.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	The dockets are full of cases because we don't have assistant district attorneys to go before the Federal judge and handle them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Assistant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 53.04% of the time. "Assistant" is used about 2,533 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	53.04%	1,344	5,916
Adjective (general or positive)	45.5%	1,153	6,662
Noun (proper)	1.46%	37	56,631
Total	100.00%	2,533	N/A

Expressions using "assistant": actor's assistant ♦ adjunct assistant ♦ administrative assistant ♦ aeronautical meteorological assistant ♦ army assistant surgeon ♦ assistant accountant ♦ assistant cameraman ♦ assistant dental surgeon ♦ assistant director ♦ assistant district attorny ♦ assistant driver ♦ assistant female cook ♦ assistant foreman ♦ assistant harbour master ♦ assistant liaison officer ♦ assistant manager ♦ assistant master ♦ assistant nurse ♦ assistant operations officer ♦ assistant priest ♦ assistant principal ♦ assistant professor ♦ assistant secretary ♦ assistant teacher ♦ assistant to the manager ♦ assistant waiter ♦ chief assistant ♦ control assistant ♦ dental assistant ♦ departmental assistant ♦ foreign language assistant ♦ italian assistant ♦ legal assistant ♦ Lucent Personalized Web Assistant ♦ medical assistant ♦ military assistant ♦ nursing assistant ♦ paralegal assistant ♦ personal assistant ♦ personal Digital Assistant ♦ research assistant ♦ sales assistant ♦ script assistant ♦ secretarial assistant ♦ senior assistant master ♦ shop assistant ♦ spanish assistant ♦ store assistant ♦ teaching assistant ♦ waiter's assistant. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "assistant": assistant-coach, Assistant-keeper, assistant-manager, assistant-secretary, assistant-secretary-general, assistant-ship.
	Ending with "assistant": clerk-assistant, curate-assistant, design-assistant, ex-assistant, player-assistant, shop-assistant.
	Containing "assistant": second-assistant-directors.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "assistant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		assistent (aid, assistent, helper). (various references)

Albanian		asistent profesori (demonstrationist, demonstrator, famulus, reader), asistent (helper), ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, ancillary, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor). (various references)

Arabic		‏معاون (aide, help, helper, supporter), ‏المساعد (adjunct, aid, helper), ‏المعاون (adjutant, helper, lender, second). (various references)

Basque		dendaria (shop assistant). (various references)

Bulgarian		асистент, помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary), помагач (accessory, helper). (various references)

Chinese		助理 . (various references)

Czech		asistent (mate), pomocník (adjunct, gillie, helper, helpmate, sidekick), pomocný (ancillary, auxiliary, instrumental, subsidiary). (various references)

Danish		assistent (aid, helper). (various references)

Dutch		assistent (aid, assistent, helper), adjunct, helper (aid, assistent, helper). (various references)

Esperanto		asistanto (aid, helper), asistantino (lady help), adjunkto, helpantino (lady help). (various references)

Faeroese		hjálparfólk. (various references)

Farsi		یاور (Adjutant, Aid, Assist, Helper), معاون (Accessory, Adjunct, Helpmeet, Secondbest, Vicar), ترقی دهنده (Booster, Promoter), دستیار (Ancillary, Suffragan), بردست (Aid). (various references)

Finnish		avustaja (attaché, contributor, helper), auttaja (helper), apumies (handy-man), apulainen (helper), amanuenssi. (various references)

French		adjoint, assistant (assistant professor), aide (assistance). (various references)

Frisian		assistint (aid, helper). (various references)

German		Assistent (aid, helper), helfer (accomplice, aide, aider, backer, helper, helpers), gehilfe (abetter, accomplice, aid, attendant, helper, helpmate, mate, servant), Adjunkt (adjunct). (various references)

Greek		βοηθός (help). (various references)

Hebrew		עוזר (aide, helper, helpful, subsidiary), צוער (cadet), סיעת (dental technician). (various references)

Hungarian		asszisztens (adjunct, aid, helper, surgeon's mate), adjunktus (adjunct, assistant professor, lecturer, senior lecturer), segítõ (adjuvant, helper), helyettes (acting, alternate, deputy, fill in, lieutenant, locum tenens, proxy, stand-in, substitute, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice). (various references)

Indonesian		asisten (adjunct), pembantu (accessory, aide, auxiliary, helper, stringer). (various references)

Irish		cuiditheoir (aid, assistent, helper), cúntóir (aid, assistent, helper). (various references)

Italian		assistente (adjutant, aid, helper, hostess, lady help, steward), aiutante (abetter, adjutant, aide-de-camp, helper, helpmate, mate), aggiunto (adjunct, associate, second in command, sidekick). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		補佐 (adviser, aid, assistance, counselor, help), 助手 (helper, helpmeet, tutor). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		にょうぼうやく (right-hand man), てつ� いて (helper), じょ (daughter, description, foreword, girl, help, narration, preface, relation, rescue, woman), じょしゅ (helper, helpmeet, tutor), じせき (achievement, associate, evidence, exploit, junior, merits, one's desk, one's seat, runner-up, self-condemnation, trace, vestige), アシスタント , �"い�" (employee), てつ� い (help, helper), かいぞえ (helper, second), すけて (helper, helpmeet, tutor), ほじょい�" (helper), ほさ (adviser, aid, assistance, counselor, help), つけびと (attendant, chaperon, suite), ふく (additional, associate, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, copy, crawl, crouch, deputy, double, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, substitute, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to), ふくしゅ (associate), したばたらき (servant, subordinate work), かいじょ (calling off, cancellation, cut off, helper, mowing, release, removal, rescinding, second). (various references)

Korean		조수 (Aider, tide). (various references)

Malay		pembantu (aid, helper). (various references)

Manx		lhiass- (deputy, deutero, pro-, step-, under, vice), fo (below, dependent, junior, off, off of street, subsidiary, sunken; secondary, under, underlying), cooneyder (adjutant, help), coonee (helpful, secondary, take in, take in as dress). (various references)

Papiamen		asistent (aid, helper), asistènt (aid, helper), yudadó (aid, helper). (various references)

Pig Latin		assistantay

Portuguese		ajudante (accessary, acolyte, adjutant, aid, aide, candle-holder, handy man, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, improver, second, subsidiary), adjunto (adjunct, assessor, attached, joined). (various references)

Romanian		auxiliar (accidental, additional, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary), asistent (bystander, demonstrator, helper, lecturer, mate), ajutor (abettor, accommodation, accomplice, adjoint, adjunct, adjutancy, adjutant, adjuvant, adminicle, aid, ancillary, assistance, auxiliary, backer, backing, collaboration, contribution, co-operation, deputy, easement, fire, friend, furtherance, help, helper, helpfulness, helping, mate, means, ministrant, office, redress, refuge, relief, remedy, rescue, salvation, saver, second, service, sos, staff, stand by, stead, succor, succour, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder), ajutãtor (accessary, additional, adjuvant, auxiliary, helpful, helping, pony, secondary, subordinate, supplementary), adjunct (adjoint, adjunct, deputy), colaborator (collaborator, contributor, cooperator, co-operator, co-worker, helpmate). (various references)

Russian		ассистент (adjutant, assistant professor, assistent, assister, assistor, asst), адъюнкт (adjunct), помощник (acolyte, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, aider, assistant secretaries, auxiliary, candle holder, farm hand, farmhand, help, helper, helpmate, mate, second, troubleshooter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		asistent (helper, tutor), zamenik (associate, deputy, fill in, lieutenant, locum tenens, nizam, stand in, standby, substitute, substitution, vicar), pomagač (accessary, accessory), demonstrator (teaching fellow). (various references)

Spanish		asistente (adjutant, aid, attendant, auxiliary, helper, orderly), ayudante (abetter, adjutant, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, auxiliary, colleague, companion, consultant, contributor, counter, elf, fetish, gillie, Guardian, helper, helpmate, holder, mate). (various references)

Sranan		yepiman (aid, helper), bakaman (aid, helper). (various references)

Swedish		medhjälpare (abettor, accessary, accessory, adjunct, aid, aide, coadjutor, helper, henchman, second), biträde (aid, assistance, hand, help). (various references)

Tagalog		katúlong (aid, attendant, helper, servant). (various references)

Turkish		asistan (coadjutor, demonstrator, intern, tutor), asístan (aid, helper), yardýmcý, yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), tezgâhtar (clerk, counterjumper, counterman, salesclerk, saleslady, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, shop assistant), muavin (alternate, help, helper). (various references)

Turkmen		assistent (r), kцmekзi (helper). (various references)

Ukrainian		заступник судді, асистент (adjutant, dresser), помічник (acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, ally, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, help, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, seconder, subsidiary, tender), допоміжний засіб (adjuvant), допомагаючий. (various references)

Vietnamese		phó (associate), phụ (accessary, accessory, associate, auxiliary, bye, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), người phụ tá trợ giáo, người giúp đỡ (adjuvant, auxiliary, backer, ministrant), giúp đỡ (adjuvant, ministrant). (various references)

Welsh		cynorthwywr (accessory, auxiliary, helper), cynorthwyol (accessory, auxiliary). (various references)

Yucatec		aantah (aid, helper). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adiutor, adiutore, adiutorem, adiutores, adiutori, adiutoribus, adiutoris, adiutorium, auxiliator, auxiliatores, auxiliatoribus, auxiliatrix, optio, optionem, subdiali, subiugale. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "assistant": assistants, assistantship, assistantships. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Assistant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agsostart, asisstent, asistent, assiastant, assiatant, assiatnt, assisitant, assisstant, assisstent, assistand, assistante, assistent, assistnt, assitant, asssitant, assyntian. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "assistant" (pronounced usi"stunt)
7	-s i" s t u n t	consistent, inconsistent, insistent, persistent.
6	-i" s t u n t	distant, existent, nonexistent, resistant.
5	-s t u n t	constant, contestant, decongestant, extant, instant, protestant.
4	-t u n t	accountant, adjutant, blatant, combatant, competent, concomitant, consultant, disinfectant, exorbitant, expectant, exultant, hesitant, important, impotent, inadvertent, incompetent, inhabitant, intermittent, irritant, latent, militant, mutant, noncombatant, omnipotent, patent, penitent, pollutant, potent, reluctant, repentant, resultant, surfactant, unimportant, unrepentant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consonant, constituent, containment, contaminant, contentment, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insolent, insolvent, installment, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, nascent, negligent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, pennant, percipient, permanent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, postponement, postretirement, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unpleasant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: satanists.
	Words within the letters "a-a-i-n-s-s-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: satanist.
	-2 letters: attains, tanists.
	-3 letters: assais, assist, attain, saints, sasins, satins, stains, stasis, stints, taints, tanist, titans.
	-4 letters: antas, antis, assai, sains, saint, sasin, satin, satis, snits, stain, stats, stint, tains, taint, tints, titan.
	-5 letters: ains, aits, anas, anis, ansa, anta, anti, ants, nits, sain, sans, sass, sati, sins, sits, snit, stat, tain, tans, tass.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-i-n-s-s-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: assistants, fantasists.
	+3 letters: antifascists, assentations, substantials.
	+4 letters: assistantship, contrabassist, insatiateness, mistranslates, satisfactions, somatostatins, standpattisms, statesmanship, statisticians, substantiates.
	+5 letters: antisocialists, assistantships, associationist, contrabassists, sensationalist, separationists, statesmanships, stationmasters, subsaturations, transcriptases.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.