Auxiliary

Quick meaning: Auxiliary is an adjective meaning Helping; giving assistance or support.

Meaning

Helping; giving assistance or support.

More Meanings

1. Supplementary or subsidiary.
2. Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
3. (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
4. (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
5. A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
6. (nautical) A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
7. (grammar) Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.

Example Sentences

auxiliary troops

Summer “felt betrayed” that a close friend had used AI as “an auxiliary” to talk to her.

A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, […].

Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.

Word Forms

• auxiliaries

Synonyms for auxiliary

Depending on context, synonyms include accessory, motorsailer, ancillary, adjunct, adjuvant, supplementary.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adjuvant, supportive, subsidiary, ancillary, appurtenant, supplemental.

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