| Main Entry: | subsidiary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, helpful |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adjuvant, aiding, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, contributory, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, tributory, useful |
Antonyms: |
chief, important, necessary |
| Main Entry: | annex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something added; extension |
Synonyms: |
addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, appendix, arm, attachment, ell, subsidiary, supplement, wing |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
Synonyms: |
abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting |
Antonyms: |
body, main |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
Synonyms: |
annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing |
Antonyms: |
company |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, secondary |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accompanying, added, adjunctive, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, circuitous, coincident, complementary, concomitant, concurrent, confirmatory, coordinate, corresponding, corroborative, dependent, incident, lateral, not lineal, parallel, related, roundabout, satellite, side, sub, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, under |
Antonyms: |
chief, direct, main, primary, principal |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employee |
Synonyms: |
abettor, adjutant, aide, ally, ancilla, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, collaborator, colleague, deputy, domestic, hand, helper, helpmate, mate, partner, representative, right-hand person, servant, subsidiary, supporter, worker |
Antonyms: |
management, ownership |
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
Synonyms: |
accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, by-the-way, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributing, contributory, fluke, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary |
Antonyms: |
basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | less in rank, importance |
Synonyms: |
back seat, bottom, bottom-rung, entry-level, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, second-banana, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath |
Antonyms: |
best, better, extraordinary, first-class, first-rate, foremost, superior |
| Main Entry: | instrumental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential, assisting |
Synonyms: |
active, auxiliary, conducive, contributory, helpful, helping, involved, of help, of service, partly responsible, serviceable, subsidiary, useful |
Antonyms: |
unhelpful, useless |