ADJUNCTS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

adjuncts

noun

plural of adjunct

as in assistants

a person who helps a more skilled person serving as an adjunct to the congressional delegation on its fact-finding mission

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as in options

something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment you can spend a lot on camera accessories, but this nifty little battery recharger is the one adjunct that will pay for itself

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Recent Examples of adjuncts The Sun Sentinel reported that Uthmeier obtained a $100,000 adjunct professor contract to teach two hours a week at the University of Florida — far more than other adjuncts. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 Under law school rules, new adjuncts teaching more than one course per academic year must receive approval from the full faculty. —

Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 Exhibits are designed as adjuncts to learning standards outlined by the California Department of Education, said Kristine Smith, education and outreach coordinator at the museum. —

Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Some focused on directly modifying smoking behavior, aligning with standard clinical SC guidelines, and others served as adjuncts to interventions that relied on pharmacotherapy. —

New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026 This is not, in our own time, the psychic experience likely to be had by wandering adjuncts with short-story collections or assistant professors trying to look engaged at committee meetings in Gainesville and Champaign–Urbana. —

Vince Passaro, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Liberty Counsel claims the university never hired a full-time professor, though, and began soliciting resumes for part-time adjuncts within months of Grossenbach's dismissal. —

Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025 In six weeks, the college has hired more than 100 adjuncts to meet the demand for 500 more sections for the fall. —

Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 21 Aug. 2025 These unremarkable towns just happen to be where sales of hay have become major adjuncts to weekly auctions of livestock. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025

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Noun

There are photographers and lighting assistants and makeup artists, with each set of professionals clustered around the couple.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
The week of the recording, the church was beset with production assistants, security, Netflix employees and cases of AV equipment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026