ancillary

What does ancillary mean?

ancillary means "furnishing added support".

How many syllables are in ancillary?

ancillary has 4 syllables: an-cil-lar-y. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈænsəˌlɛɹi/.

What is another word for ancillary?

Close synonyms include accessory, adjunct, 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 ancillary a common word?

ancillary 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.

What rhymes with ancillary?

6 words rhyme with ancillary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ancillary 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.