Ancillary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of secondary importance: "For Degas, sculpture was never more than ancillary to his painting” ( Herbert Read).
  • adj. Auxiliary; helping: an ancillary pump.
  • n. Something, such as a workbook, that is subordinate to something else, such as a textbook.
  • n. Archaic A servant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; accessory.
  • n. Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
  • n. An auxiliary; a subordinate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving as an aid, adjunct, or accessory; subservient; auxiliary; supplementary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. furnishing added support
    • Equivalent
    supportive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    auxiliary    subordinate   
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