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auxiliary

noun

1 auxiliary

Someone who acts as assistant.

synonym: aide.

Roget 912: benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan; pater patriae [Lat.]; salt of the earth etc. (good man);; 948; auxiliary etc. 711.    ... show more

Roget 711: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, ... show more

Roget 726: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, ... show more

adjective

1 auxiliary

Functioning in a supporting capacity:
— The main library and its auxiliary branches.

synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary.

2 auxiliary

Furnishing added support:
— The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other.

synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant.

Roget 707: aiding etc. v.; auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant etc. 709; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary.    ... show more

Polish: pomocniczy, służebny, posiłkowy


Moby thesaurus: abetting, accessory, accident, accidental, acolyte, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, aiding, alter ego ... show more.

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