Accessory
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English
Adjective
Accessory (comparative more Accessory, superlative most 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 persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
- (law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
Noun
Accessory (plural accessories)- That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
- An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- (law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- (fine arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.
Adjectives for Accessory
agreeable; scenic; fashionable; cultured; gracious; impressive; colorful; distinctive; exquisite; decorative; tawdry; indispensable; unwilling; criminal.
Synonyms for Accessory
- (having a secondary function): accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, acceding
- (one who assists in or instigates an offense): abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor
- aide, abettor, companion, assistant, helper, henchman, colleague, partner, follower.
Antonyms for Accessory
opponent, enemy, betrayer, principal.
Thesaurus
a party to; abettor; accessary; accession; accessories; accident; accidental; accompaniment; accompanying; accomplice; accomplice in crime; accretion; addenda; addendum; additament; addition; additional; additive; additory; additum; adjunct; adjuvant; adscititious; adventitious; aide; ancillary; annex; annexation; another; appanage; appanages; appendage; appendages; appendant; appendix; appointments; appurtenance; appurtenances; appurtenant; ascititious; assistant; assisting; associated; attachment; attendant; attending; augment; augmentation; auxiliary; belongings; casual; choses; choses in action; choses in possession; choses local; choses transitory; circumstantial; coconspirator; coda; cohort; coincident; collaborator; collateral; colleague; combined; complement; component; concomitant; concurrent; confederate; conjoint; conspirator; contingency; contingent; continuation; contributory; copartner; corollary; correlative; cotenant; coupled; defendant; doodad; engaged; extension; extra; extrapolation; farther; fellow; fellow conspirator; fixture; fortuitous; fostering; fresh; frill; further; happenstance; helper; helping; implicated; incidental; increase; increment; inessential; instrumental; involved; joined; joint; litigant; litigationist; litigator; material things; mere chance; ministerial; ministering; ministrant; more; movables; mutual; new; nonessential; not-self; nurtural; nutricial; offshoot; other; paired; panel; parallel; paraphernalia; partaker; partaking; participant; participating; participative; participator; participatory; parties litigant; partner; party; pendant; perquisites; personal effects; plaintiff; plus; reinforcement; secondary; serving; shareholder; sharer; sharing; side effect; side issue; simultaneous; socius criminis; spare; subordinate; subservient; subsidiary; suitor; superadded; superaddition; superfluous; supernumerary; supervenient; supplement; supplemental; supplementary; surplus; tailpiece; things; trappings; tributary; twin; ulterior; undergirding; unessential; witness
