Synonyms for auxiliary
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Helping
aiding, assisting, supporting, collaborating, cooperating,
sustaining, abetting, ancillary, serving, assistant,
ministering.
Subsidiary
secondary, accessory, subsidiary, ancillary; see
subordinate.
Supplementary
reserve, supplemental, spare, backup; see extra.
See auxiliary in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Giving or able to give help or support:
accessory, ancillary, assistant, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive. See helpUsed or held in reserve:
backup, emergency, reserve, secondary, standby, supplemental, supplementary. See increase
noun
A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:
adjutant, aide, assistant, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second2. See help
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