auxiliary

1. 1.

   someone who acts as assistant

   Synonymsaide

   Broaderassistant

   Narrowernursing aide

Other forms of auxiliary

plural

auxiliaries·

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 auxiliary

What does auxiliary mean?

auxiliary means "functioning in a supporting capacity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in auxiliary?

auxiliary has 4 syllables: aux-il-ia-ry. The stress falls on "il". In IPA it is /ɑɡˈzɪljɚi/.

What is another word for auxiliary?

Close synonyms include subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, accessory, adjunct. 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 auxiliary a common word?

auxiliary 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.