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accessory
noun
1 accessory
Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing.
synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Dutch: uitrustingsstuk, toebehoren, medeplichtige, accessoire
Polish: dodatek
2 accessory
A supplementary component that improves capability.
synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement.
Roget 88:
accompaniment;
adjunct
etc.
39;
context;
appendage,
appurtenance.
coexistence,
concomitance,
company,
association,
companionship;
partnership,
copartnership;
coefficiency†.
concomitant,
accessory,
coefficient;
companion,
buddy,
attendant,
fellow,
associate,
friend,
colleague;
consort,
spouse,
mate;
partner,
co-partner;
satellite,
hanger on,
fellow-traveller,
shadow;
escort,
cortege;
attribute.
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Roget 39:
adjunct;
addition,
additament†;
additum [Lat.],
affix,
appelidage†,
annexe†,
annex;
augment,
augmentation;
increment,
reinforcement,
supernumerary,
accessory,
item;
garnish,
sauce;
accompaniment
etc.
88;
adjective,
addendum;
complement,
supplement;
continuation.
rider,
offshoot,
episode,
side issue,
corollary;
piece [Fr.];
flap,
lappet,
skirt,
embroidery,
trappings,
cortege;
tail,
suffix
etc.
(sequel)
65;
wing.
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Dutch: hulptoestel
Polish: akcesorium, dopełnienie, dodatek, uzupełnienie
3 accessory
Someone who helps another person commit a crime.
synonym: accessary.
Dutch: complice, handlanger, mededader, medeschuldige, trawant
adjective
1 accessory
Aiding and abetting in a crime:
— He was charged with being accessory to the crime.
synonym: accessary.
Roget 37:
added
etc.
v.;
additional;
supplemental,
supplementary;
suppletory†,
subjunctive;
adjectitious†,
adscititious†,
ascititious†;
additive,
extra,
accessory.
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Roget 88:
accompanying
etc.
v.;
concomitant,
fellow,
twin,
joint;
associated with,
coupled with;
accessory,
attendant,
obbligato.
2 accessory
Furnishing added support.
synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary.
Roget 707:
aiding
etc.
v.;
auxiliary,
adjuvant,
helpful;
coadjuvant
etc.
709†;
subservient,
ministrant,
ancillary,
accessory,
subsidiary.
at one's beck,
at one's beck and call;
friendly,
amicable,
favorable,
propitious,
well-disposed;
neighborly;
obliging
etc.
(benevolent)
906.
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Polish: pomocniczy, służebny, posiłkowy
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