I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , senior
▪ deputy
▪ personal
▪
I'll ask my personal ~ to deal with this.
▪ special
▪ administrative , care ( esp. BrE ), catering ( BrE ), checkout ( BrE ), clerical ( esp. BrE ), executive ( esp. AmE ), graduate ( esp. AmE ), laboratory , library , physician ( AmE ), production , research , sales ( BrE ), shop ( BrE ), teaching , technical
▪
patient care ~s
▪
She took up a post as research ~ in the Department of Pharmacology.
VERB + ASSISTANT
▪ employ (sb as) , have
▪
She had an ~ to do her paperwork.
▪ get , hire (sb as) ( esp. AmE ), recruit (sb as)
▪
I'm getting a new ~ next month.
▪ fire ( esp. AmE ), sack ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
She is ~ to the Production Manager.
II.
adj.
Assistant is used with these nouns: ↑ attorney , ↑ bishop , ↑ clerk , ↑ coach , ↑ commissioner , ↑ counsel , ↑ director , ↑ editor , ↑ gardener , ↑ head , ↑ lecturer , ↑ librarian , ↑ manager , ↑ principal , ↑ producer , ↑ professor , ↑ referee , ↑ secretary , ↑ trainer , ↑ treasurer , ↑ tutor