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assister

assister

3.7
A player who passes the ball so a team member can score
  • noun
  • /əˈsɪstər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : asistente
  • He became the season's leading assister thanks to his excellent vision and passing skills.

Examples

  • The team's top assister set up three goals in the championship match.

  • As an assister, she always looks for the best way to help her teammates score.

  • The assister made a brilliant pass to score.

  • He is known as an excellent assister on the field.

  • The team's top assister set up three goals in the championship match.

  • He became the season's leading assister thanks to his excellent vision and passing skills.

  • As an assister, she always looks for the best way to help her teammates score.

Synonyms

playmaker
vsassister
13 4.1

A player in team sports who controls the game and makes chances for teammates

focuses on one pass that sets up a score rather than overall game control
assistor
vsassister
  • Jargon
4.1

A player who makes a pass that leads to a teammate scoring

has identical meaning but uses a different suffix in the word

How Helpful

playmaker
13 4.1
key player
40 3.2
assister
  • Jargon
3.7
passer
  • Jargon
24 5.4

Surface Forms

assister singular
assisters plural

Morphology

assister = assist (transparent) = assist + er

Agentive '-er' applied to 'assist' to denote a player who makes an assist; the sports meaning is a direct extension of 'to assist'.

Etymology

Assister in sport comes from the same root as assist, which means 'to stand by' or help, so a player 'stands by' a teammate and gives the ball to make a score. That's why an assister is the player who sets up a goal or point with a pass.