auxiliary

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Giving of support

Nouns — auxiliary, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, adjunct, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, helping hand; colleague, partner, mate, confrère; cooperator, coadjutor, collaborator; ally, confederate, accomplice, accessory, particeps criminis; aid, aide, aide-de-camp; secretary, amanuensis, clerk, associate, right hand [man], man or girl Friday; personal, executive, or administrative assistant; handmaid, servant; satellite, adherent; disciple, devotee, votary; acolyte; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, exponent, friend at court; friend in need, guardian angel. Slang, shill, batman. See accompaniment.

Verbs — help, aid, assist, second.

Adjectives — auxiliary, helping, helpful, accessory, assistant; subsidiary, subservient; supplementary, reserve, extra.

Antonyms, See hindrance, opposition.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Helping]

Syn. aiding, assisting, supporting, collaborating, cooperating, sustaining, abetting, ancillary, serving, assistant, ministering.

2. [Subsidiary]

Syn. secondary, accessory, subsidiary, ancillary; see subordinate .

3. [Supplementary]

Syn. reserve, supplemental, spare, backup; see extra .

n.

Syn. helper, accessory, adjutant; see assistant .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. supporting assisting, aiding, adjuvant, helping, contributing.

2. subsidiary subordinate, supplementary, accessory, additional, secondary, reserve.

ANT.: 2. main, primary

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Giving or able to give help or support: accessory, ancillary, assistant, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive. See HELP. 2. Used or held in reserve: backup, emergency, reserve, secondary, standby, supplemental, supplementary. See INCREASE. II noun A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities: adjutant, aide, assistant, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second2. See HELP.