adjunct
adjunct is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Conjoined; attending; consequent. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Conjoined; attending; consequent.
- noun. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
- noun. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
- noun. A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
- noun. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
- noun. A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
- noun. a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
- noun. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
- noun. a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
- adjective. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
- adjective. furnishing added support
"an ancillary pump"
"an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"
Synonyms
assistant, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary
Common word forms
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