N. instrumentality, aid,
subservience,
subserviency, mediation, intervention, medium,
intermedium,
vehicle, hand, agency, minister,
handmaid,
midwife,
accoucheur,
accoucheuse,
obstetrician, gobetween,
cat's-paw,
stepping-stone, opener, key, master key, passkey,
latchkey, "open sesame",
passport, passe-partout,
safe-conduct,
password, instrument, expedient, means
Adv. through, by, per, whereby, thereby,
hereby, by the agency of, by dint of, by virtue of, in virtue of, through the medium of, along with, on the shoulders of, by means of, by the aid of, with the aid of, per fas et nefas, by fair means or foul,
somehow, somehow or other, by hook or by crook
N. auxiliary,
recruit, assistant,
adjuvant,
adjutant, ayudante, coaid,
adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand,
midwife,
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator,
coadjutor,
coadjutrix,
collaborator, ally, friend,
confidant, fidus achates,
pal, buddy, alter ego,
confederate,
accomplice,
complice,
accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis,
aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal,
right-hand, right- hand man,
friday, girl friday, man friday,
gopher, gofer,
candle-holder, bottle-holder,
handmaid, servant,
puppet,
cat's-paw, jackal|, tool,
dupe, stooge, ame damnee,
satellite,
adherent,
votary,
sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer,
upholder,
abettor, advocate,
partisan,
champion, patron, friend at court,
mediator, angel, friend in need, jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius
