Ancillary

/ænˈsɪl.ə.ɹiː/

Synonyms for "ancillary" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (27)

Adjective(5 words)
auxiliary cohortauxiliary deviceauxiliary facilityauxiliary spaceauxiliary staff
Noun(8 words)
auxiliary systemauxiliary verbbackgroundbackground conditionbackground featurebackground sectionbackingbonus

Related words (44)

Adjective(17 words)
incidentalnoncrucialnonessential variableoptional serviceparamedicalperipheral issueperipheral mattersecondaryside topicsubsidiarysupplementarysupplementary recordsupplementary topsoilsupport servicesupport staffsupportingsupporting data
Noun(5 words)
side issuesupplementingsupporting elementsupporting servicesteaching aid

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries
adjectiveclinical termfacilityservicestaff member

More specific

11 entries
ancillary equipmentancillary servicesclerical aidediagnostic testinglaboratory servicemaintenance aidemedical records serviceporterradiology serviceradiology servicesrehabilitation services

Collocations

7 entries
ancillary careancillary departmentancillary equipmentancillary facilitiesancillary revenueancillary servicesancillary staff

Inflections

3 entries
ancillariesmore ancillarymost ancillary

Derivations

2 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

8 translations across 5 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries
  • apuväline noun (thing)

French

1 entries
  • accessoire noun (thing)

Polish

2 entries
  • pomoce noun (thing)
  • środek m pomocniczy noun (thing)

Russian

1 entries
  • вспомогательная дета́ль noun (thing)

Spanish

3 entries
  • accesorio noun (thing)
  • apoyo noun (thing)
  • auxiliar noun (thing)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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That information is ancillary to our discussion.

Source: tatoeba (7483625)

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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