Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

The word "adjunct" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

adjunct professor adjunct treatment adjuncthood adjunctification adjunction adjunctive adjunctly nonadjunct numerary adjunct

Context

brewing category theory grammar metaphysics music rhetoric syntax x bar theory

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

associate construction expression grammatical construction inessential nonessential quantity

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

acquisition add-in attachment complement decoration embroidery garnish ornament plug-in reinforcements rider sauce snap-in trappings

Type Of (IsA)

associate construction inessential

Part Of

x bar

Related Terms

adjuncting augmentation complement head predicate

Related Terms

adjoint functor amplify appendage associate attach capacity clause colleague constituent dispensable faculty grain key mash morphism person phrase position principal property quality scale secondary sentence subordinate supplement symploce unmalted x bar

Similar Terms

low-level subordinate supportive

Synonym Network

addition appurtenant assistant

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.