adjunct
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
Types & categories
- inessential hypernym
- accompaniment hyponym
Related & opposite
- adjuvant derivation
Sense 2 adjective
furnishing added support
an ancillary pump
Related & opposite
- accessory derivation
- adjunct derivation
- auxiliary derivation
- appertain derivation
- supportive similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
Types & categories
- associate hypernym
Related & opposite
- assistant derivation
Sense 4 adjective
of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
Related & opposite
- adjunct derivation
- helper derivation
- assist derivation
- subordinate similar to
Sense 5 noun
a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
Types & categories
- grammatical construction hypernym
- parenthetical expression hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjuvant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inessential |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accompaniment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | accessory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjunct |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | auxiliary |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appertain |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | supportive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | associate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjunct |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | helper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | subordinate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | grammatical construction |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | parenthetical expression |