ancillary adj : relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary]

English

Etymology

From ancilla "maid".

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

   Your arguments are ancillary to the central theme of this discussion.

Translations

Noun

1. An auxiliary; a subordinate.

• Ancillary administration
• Ancillary jurisdiction
• Ancillary statistic
• Ancillary data
• Ancillary relief
• Ancillary doctrine

accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, another, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, attendant, attending, auxiliary, coincident, collateral, contributory, extra, farther, fostering, fresh, further, helping, incident, instrumental, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, more, new, nurtural, nutricial, other, plus, satellite, serving, spare, subservient, subsidiary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, ulterior