That information is ancillary to our discussion.
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Ancillary
//ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː//
Synonyms for "ancillary" (54 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
5 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- помощен adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- спомагателен adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Catalan
1 entries- auxiliar adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Danish
2 entries- sekundær adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- underordnet adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Dutch
2 entries- ondergeschikt adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- ondersteunend adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Finnish
4 entries- apu adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- avustava adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- oheis adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- toissijainen adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
French
4 entries- ancillaire adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- auxiliaire adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- secondaire adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- subordonné adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
German
3 entries- hilfs adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- neben adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- zusatz adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Italian
4 entries- ausiliare adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- secondario adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- subordinato adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- domestico noun (person)
Polish
4 entries- akcesoryczny adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- podporządkowany adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- podrzędny adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- pomocniczy adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Portuguese
4 entries- ancilar adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- ancilário adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- auxiliar adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- auxiliário adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Russian
4 entries- вспомога́тельный adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- дополни́тельный adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- подсо́бный adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- подчинённый adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Spanish
4 entries- ancilar adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- ancilario adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- auxiliar adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- secundario adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Swedish
2 entries- sekundär adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- underordnad adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Turkish
2 entries- tali adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
- yardımcı adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Urdu
1 entries- مُعاوِن adj (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
You will be provided with all the ancillary materials you require.
Source: tatoeba (8658022)
The professor carefully prepared the materials for the lecture, down to the smallest ancillary page.
Source: tatoeba (8785432)
The observatory also possesses multiple smaller telescopes and ancillary equipment.
Source: tatoeba (11124979)
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