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Defenition of the word auxiliary

    • Defenition of the word auxiliary

      • A person or persons who provide assistance with some task.
      • A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
      • That is being added as integratory part.
      • Functioning in a supporting capacity.
      • relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
      • someone who acts as assistant
      • functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
      • functioning in a supporting capacity
      • furnishing added support

    Synonyms for the word auxiliary

      • accessory
      • adjunct
      • adjuvant
      • aide
      • ancillary
      • appurtenant
      • assisting
      • back up
      • secondary
      • subsidiary
      • supplemental
      • supplementary
      • support
      • supporting

    Similar words in the auxiliary

      • auxiliary
      • secondary
      • supportive

    Hyponyms for the word auxiliary

      • nurse's aide
      • nursing aide

    Hypernyms for the word auxiliary

      • assistant
      • help
      • helper
      • supporter

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