auxiliary

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auxiliary Definition

• (n) someone who acts as assistant
• (s) functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
• (s) 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"

auxiliary Synonyms

• accessory
• adjunct
• adjuvant
• aide
• ancillary
• appurtenant
• auxiliary
• subsidiary
• supplemental
• supplementary