accessory
Meaning of accessory
- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense
She was accessory to the riot.
- Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
- Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
- Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
the accessories of a mobile phone
- An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
- Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Information about accessory
- The plural form of accessory is: accessories.
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Hyphenation of accessory
ac-ces-sory
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- accessory is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
accessory synonyms
Meaning adjunct:
adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary
Meaning accoutrement:
Meaning appurtenance:
Meaning accessary:
Meaning :
acceding, accompanying, additional, contributory, subservient, abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor, accompaniment, addition, attachment
Translation of accessory
- German: Mittäter, Zubehör
- French: complice, accessoire
- Spanish: cómplice, accesorio
- Portuguese: cúmplice, acessório
- Italian: complice, accessorio
Words that rhyme with accessory
sory, dissuasory, persuasory, suasory, vavasory, advisory, decisory, derisory, divisory, exorcisory, incisory, irrisory, nonsupervisory, preadvisory, premisory, provisory, revisory, subrisory, supervisory, suporvisory, underisory, unsupervisory, visory, compulsory, expulsory, impulsory, noncompulsory, propulsory, repulsory, uncompulsory, chemosensory, chirotonsory, defensory, descensory, extensory, extrasensory, incensory, intersensory, multisensory, neurosensory, nonsensory, ostensory, parasensory, photosensory, polysensory, prehensory, psychosensory, reprehensory, responsory, scansory