auxiliary
Meaning of auxiliary
noun
- A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
- (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
- A marching band colorguard.
- Helping; giving assistance or support.
auxiliary troops
- Supplementary or subsidiary.
- Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
- Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
- (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
Information about auxiliary
- The plural form of auxiliary is: auxiliaries.
- Languages in which auxiliary is used:
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Hyphenation of auxiliary
aux-il-iary
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- auxiliary is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
auxiliary synonyms
Meaning subsidiary:
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary
Meaning accessory:
accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, subsidiary
Meaning aide:
Meaning :
Translation of auxiliary
- French: aide, auxiliaire, assistant, complémentaire
- German: Hilfe, Beistand, Helfer, hilfs-, unterstützend, ergänzend, beigeordnet, stützend
- Spanish: ayudante, adicional, suplementario, suplementaria, auxiliar
- Portuguese: ajudante, suplementar, adicional
- Italian: aiutante, assistente, integrativo, supplementare, sussidiario, ausiliario, ausiliare
Words that rhyme with auxiliary
Judiciary, antejudiciary, beneficiary, caduciary, crociary, fiduciary, interneciary, internunciary, judiciary, justiciary, nonfiduciary, officiary, prebeneficiary, subjudiciary, superficiary, tralaticiary, allodiary, alodiary, compendiary, corodiary, corrodiary, diary, incendiary, indiary, intermediary, mediary, nonsubsidiary, presidiary, radiary, stipendiary, subsidiary, tripudiary, unsubsidiary, archplagiary, congiary, plagiary, stagiary, vestigiary, Hilliary, atrabiliary, bailiary, biliary, capsulociliary, ciliary, conciliary, consiliary, domiciliary, enterobiliary, evangeliary, familiary
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