APPURTENANT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

appurtenant

adjective

ə-ˈpərt-nənt

Definition of appurtenant

as in auxiliary

available to supply something extra when needed a store selling tents, sleeping bags, and all manner of appurtenant equipment for a week of roughing it

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Adjective

Weather data can be used to select cooling modes, which the company says cuts auxiliary power consumption during operation by 30% and standby consumption by 50%.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Kwok was then thrown from the bench, her legs ripped from her body, according to authorities, before Romero rammed into a parked NYPD auxiliary van.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of auxiliary

Adjective

Can’t wait to gaze at the A-listers’ head-turning dresses, inventive accessory equations, and soaring footwear choices?

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
During the standoff, deputies contacted residents of an accessory dwelling unit in the backyard and evacuated three adults and three children unhurt.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of accessory

Adjective

Yoane Wissa was largely peripheral while Joe Willock’s profile does not quite appear to fit the No 10 role he has been tasked with.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Far from being peripheral, the state catalysed the AI revolution by taking early bets on technologies that would only become commercially viable decades later.

— Mariana Mazzucato, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of peripheral

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