supplementary

Questions about supplementary

What does supplementary mean?

supplementary means "functioning in a supporting capacity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supplementary?

supplementary has 5 syllables: sup-ple-men-ta-ry. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntɚi/.

What is another word for supplementary?

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

supplementary 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 supplementary?

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