ACCESSORY

adjective

Synonyms

Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.

Definition

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

Other Definitions

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ACCESSORY (noun)

1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. "The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti."...

Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025

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