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| Main Entry: | ancillary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra; supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, additional, attendant, coincident, collateral, concomitant, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, adjuvant, appurtenant, attending, contributory, subsidary |
| Antonyms: | necessary, needed |
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| Main Entry: | appendage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb; accessory |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement |
| Antonyms: | body, trunk |
| Main Entry: | attendant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being present or related |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, ancillary, coincident, concomitant, consequent, incident, associated, attending |
| Antonyms: | absent, detached |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, backup, complementary, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, abetting, adjuvant, appurtenant, contributory |
| Antonyms: | body, main |
| Main Entry: | coincident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concurring, happening together |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consonant, contemporary, coordinate, correspondent, incident, satellite, simultaneous, synchronous, attending, coinciding, contemporaneous |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, ancillary, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, appurtenant, confirmatory, not lineal |
| Antonyms: | chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | concomitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contributing, accompanying |
| Synonyms: | accessory, agreeing, ancillary, attendant, belonging, coeval, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concurrent, connected, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, fellow, incident, joint, satellite, synchronous, adjuvant, associated with, associative, attending, coefficient, coetaneous, coexistent, concordant, conjoined, conjoined with, contemporaneous, coterminous, coupled with, in tempo, in time, isochronal, isochronous, synchronal, synergetic, synergistic |
| Antonyms: | accidental, chance, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
| Synonyms: | additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button*, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gravy*, ice*, lagniappe*, leftover, more, needless, new, optional, other, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unused, added, gingerbread, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, one more, over and above, unneeded |
| Antonyms: | basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
| Synonyms: | accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, fluke*, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, by-the-way, contributing, contributory |
| Antonyms: | basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-winded*, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, secondary, serpentine*, sinister, sinuous, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag, circumlocutory, long way home, long-drawn-out, periphrastic, sidelong, snaking, sneaking, twisting |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight, straightforward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor; flanking |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, oblique, off-center, roundabout, secondary, sideways, subordinate, subsidiary, superficial, not the main, postern, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
| Antonyms: | important, major, serious |
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lesser, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, below par, collateral, dependent, inferior, insignificant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, secondary, smaller, sub, subaltern, subject, submissive, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under, unequal, adjuvant, baser, contributory, second-fiddle, second-string, subalternate, subnormal, substract, underaverage |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital |
| Main Entry: | subsidiary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, helpful |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, useful, adjuvant, aiding, appurtenant, contributory, tributory |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, necessary |
| Main Entry: | supplementary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, ancillary, auxiliary, extra, increased, more, added, appended, augmenting |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, determined by |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, conditional, reckoning, relative, subject to, subordinate, subservient, susceptible, trusting, accessory to, appurtenant, controlled by, counting, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, regulated by, reliant, relying, sustained by, under control of |
| Antonyms: | free, independent |
| Main Entry: | subservient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, useful |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, bush-league*, collateral, conducive, flunky, helpful, inferior, instrumental, minor, serviceable, subordinate, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, adjuvant, appurtenant, contributory |
| Antonyms: | unnecessary, useless, unhelpful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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accountable, administrative, admissible, amerceable, ancillary, appellate, arcifinious, at the bar, bastard, capax, causidical, chartered, collateral, condemned, consensual, constitutional, coram judice, curule, darrein, disentitled, disfranchised, executive, foraneous, forensic, guilty, heteronomic, inquisitorial, intestate, judicatory, judicial, judiciary, jural, juramental, juridical, justiciable
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