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Word | Ancillary |
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 / furnishing added support / Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid / serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary / providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system. / providing something additional to a main part or function, | |
Usage | ⇒ He runs a small ancillary unit at the outskirts of the city ⇒ In an ancillary capacity Doctor Watson was helpful; however, Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplexing case on his own. ⇒ The company hopes to boost its sales by releasing ancillary products. ⇒ the development of ancillary services to support its products |
Synonyms | auxiliary, accessory, subsidiary, secondary, subordinate, supplementary, additional, adjunct, adjuvant, collateral, extra, appurtenant, attendant, contributory, supplemental, assistant, incidental, subservient, coincident, dependent, |
Antonyms | necessary, needed, chief, primary, prime, principal, top, unsupportive, actual, aggrandize, ample, animated, asset, basal, basic, bigger, capital, cardinal, central, commander, |
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