adjunct

1. 1.

   something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

   Broaderinessential

   Narrowercomplement
2. 2.

   a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

   Broaderassociate
3. 3.

   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

   Broaderconstruction

   Narrowerparenthetical expression

1. 1.

   furnishing added support

   “an ancillary pump”

   “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”

   “The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other”

   Synonymsaccessoryancillaryadjuvantappurtenantauxiliary

   Similarsupportive
2. 2.

   of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

   Synonymsassistant

   Similarsubordinate

Other forms of adjunct

plural

adjuncts·

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 adjunct

What does adjunct mean?

adjunct means "something added to another thing but not an essential part of it". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adjunct?

adjunct has 2 syllables: ad-junct. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈæˌdʒʌŋkt/.

What is another word for adjunct?

Close synonyms include accessory, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary. 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 adjunct a common word?

adjunct is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.