Definitions for sidekick
ˈsaɪdˌkɪkside·kick

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1. buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekicknoun

   a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sidekicknoun

   An assistant to another person, usually the person's inferior.

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1. Sidekick

   A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, Munna Bhai's Circuit and Batman's Robin, Hercules Poirot's Hastings.

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1. • Friend

How to pronounce sidekick?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sidekick in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sidekick in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sidekick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sidekick in a Sentence

1. Arigon Starr:

   To paraphrase from Michael's work -- Native people have been relegated to the sidekick, shaman, overly sexualized or super tracker characters, we are rarely the main character or the hero.

2. President Biden:

   You can't call yourself a maverick when all you've ever been is a sidekick, what a majority of American people are looking for — a steady hand, leadership, an optimist; not an angry man, lurching from one position to another.

3. Gillian Anderson:

   I can only imagine that at the beginning, they wanted me to be the sidekick, or that, somehow, maybe it was enough of a change just to see a woman having this kind of intellectual repartee with a man on camera, and surely the audience couldn't deal with actually seeing them walk side by side!

4. Michael Strahan:

   In sports, you can put as many great players as you want on a team, but if one guy out there is worried about himself, it will not work, then on television, I've had jobs where I got there and felt like : Wow, I didn't know I was supposed to be a sidekick. I thought I was coming here to be a partner.

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