What does accessory mean?

accessory means "clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in accessory?

accessory has 4 syllables: ac-ces-so-ry. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /ækˈsɛsɚi/.

What is another word for accessory?

Close synonyms include accoutrement, accouterment, appurtenance, supplement, add-on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accessory a common word?

accessory is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

accessory — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Synonymsaccoutrement accouterment
Broaderclothing
Narrowerbelt furnishing
2.
a supplementary component that improves capability
Synonymsappurtenance supplement add-on
Broadercomponent
Narrowerauto accessory computer accessory fitting fixings
3.
someone who helps another person commit a crime
Synonymsaccessary
Broadercriminal
Narrowerabettor accessory after the fact accessory before the fact accessory during the fact confederate

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
aiding and abetting in a crime
“he was charged with being accessory to the crime”
Synonymsaccessary
Similarsupportive
2.
furnishing added support
“an ancillary pump”
“an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”
“The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”
Synonymsadjunct ancillary adjuvant appurtenant auxiliary
Similarsupportive

Other forms of accessory

plural: accessories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about accessory

What does accessory mean?: accessory means "clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in accessory?: accessory has 4 syllables: ac-ces-so-ry. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /ækˈsɛsɚi/.
What is another word for accessory?: Close synonyms include accoutrement, accouterment, appurtenance, supplement, add-on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is accessory a common word?: accessory is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for accessory come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Synonymsaccoutrement accouterment
Broaderclothing
Narrowerbelt furnishing
2.
a supplementary component that improves capability
Synonymsappurtenance supplement add-on
Broadercomponent
Narrowerauto accessory computer accessory fitting fixings
3.
someone who helps another person commit a crime
Synonymsaccessary
Broadercriminal
Narrowerabettor accessory after the fact accessory before the fact accessory during the fact confederate

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
aiding and abetting in a crime
“he was charged with being accessory to the crime”
Synonymsaccessary
Similarsupportive
2.
furnishing added support
“an ancillary pump”
“an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”
“The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”
Synonymsadjunct ancillary adjuvant appurtenant auxiliary
Similarsupportive

Other forms of accessory

plural: accessories·

Questions about accessory

What does accessory mean?: accessory means "clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in accessory?: accessory has 4 syllables: ac-ces-so-ry. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /ækˈsɛsɚi/.
What is another word for accessory?: Close synonyms include accoutrement, accouterment, appurtenance, supplement, add-on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is accessory a common word?: accessory is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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