| upholder(noun, support, stay, rock, partisan) |
| well-wisher(noun, support, stay, advocate, intimate) |
| wife(noun, companion, partner, spouse, husband) |
| alter ego(noun, expression, companion, friend, contemporary) |
| abettor(aid, assistant, aide) |
| academic(associate, member, researcher) |
| accessory(noun, aid, assistant, partner, confederate) |
| accompaniment |
| adjunct(aid, assistant, aide) |
| affiliate(noun, aid, partner, fellow, confederate) |
| aftereffect |
| aftertaste |
| aid(noun, assistant, partner, fellow, confederate) |
| aide(noun, aid, associate, assistant, partner) |
| appointee(aid, assistant, aide) |
| apprentice(aid, assistant, aide) |
| asset |
| attendant(noun, aid, guide, assistant, nurse) |
| auxiliary(noun, associate, partner, confederate, colleague) |
| backup(aid, assistant, aide) |