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Thesaurus: adjunct

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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  1. a. Conjoined; attending; consequent.
  2. n. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
  3. n. A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
  4. n. A word or word/words">words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
  5. n. A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
  6. adj. furnishing added support
  7. adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
  8. n. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
  9. n. a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
  10. n. a construction that can be used to word/extend">extend the word/meaning">meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence