Dictionary Definition
auxiliary adj
1 functioning in a subsidiary or supporting
capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn:
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2 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"
[syn: accessory,
adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, subsidiary] n : someone who
acts as assistant [syn: aide]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- [o:gz'iljəri]
Adjective
- Helping; giving assistance or support.
- Supplementary or subsidiary.
- Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
- Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
- Relating to an auxiliary verb.
Translations
helping; giving assistance or support
supplementary or subsidiary
- Finnish: apu-
- German: subsidiär, unterstützend
- Hungarian: kiegészítő
- Russian: вспомогательный, дополнительный, запасной
held in reserve for exceptional circumstances
of a ship, having both sails and an engine
relating to an auxiliary verb
- Finnish: apu-
- Hungarian: segéd
- Russian: вспомогательный
- ttbc Dutch: auxiliar
- ttbc French: auxiliaire
- ttbc Ido: auxiliara
- ttbc Interlingua: auxiliar
- ttbc Korean: 보조의
- ttbc Spanish: auxiliar
Noun
Translations
A person or group that acts in an auxiliary
manner
- Finnish: apu-
- Russian: помощник, ассистент
A sailing vessel equiped with an engine
An auxiliary verb
- Finnish: apuverbi
- Russian: вспомогательный глагол
Extensive Definition
Auxiliary may refer to:
- A backup system
- An auxiliary input. See Scart and Jack (connector).
- An auxiliary verb
- International auxiliary language
- Auxiliary police
- Troops supporting the main force of an army - see auxiliaries
- Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System ("three-digit Interstate")
- Auxiliaries (Roman military)
- An auxiliary organization
- An aux-send of a mixing console
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abetting, accessory, accident, accidental, acolyte, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, aiding, alter ego, ancillary, another, appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascititious, assistance, assistant, assisting, attendant, auxiliary verb,
backing, best man,
casual, circumstantial, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, collateral, complementary, contingency, contingent, contributory, copula, defective verb, deponent
verb, deputy, executive
officer, extra, farther, finite verb, fortuitous, fostering, fresh, further, girl Friday, happenstance, help, helper, helpful, helping, helpmate, helpmeet, impersonal verb,
incidental, inessential, infinitive, instrumental, intransitive, intransitive
verb, lieutenant,
linking verb, man Friday, mere chance, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, modal auxiliary,
more, neuter verb, new, nonessential, not-self,
nurtural, nutricial, other, paranymph, paraprofessional,
peripheral, plus, reserve, second, secondary, servant, serving, sideman, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, support, supporter, supporting, supporting actor,
supporting instrumentalist, supportive, surplus, transitive, tributary, ulterior, unessential, upholding, verb, verb phrase, verbal