subsidiary

subsidiary is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.
2. adjective. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.
3. noun. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.
4. noun. a company that is completely controlled by another company
5. noun. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

   Synonyms: subordinate, underling

6. adjective. functioning in a supporting capacity

   "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

   Synonyms: auxiliary, supplemental, supplementary

Synonyms

subordinate, underling, auxiliary, supplemental, supplementary

Common word forms

subsidiaries, subsidiarily

Words from these letters

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