auxiliaries

noun

plural of auxiliary
1
as in subordinates

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as in cutters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auxiliaries
  1. subordinates
  2. cutters
  3. servants
  4. tender
  5. underlings
  6. barges
  7. handmaidens
  8. keels
Noun
  • Putin has also protected his direct allies while not extending any such shield to younger subordinates.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The supporting figures are colorful enough, though Akkabi’s sneering chief villain arguably makes less of an impression than his subordinates.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
Definition of subordinates
Noun
  • Cord cutters can check out DirecTV, Fox One, Fubo, Hulu, Peacock, Sling, and YouTube TV for these games.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The 14-story neo-Gothic structure (nicknamed the Jewelers Building) once housed five floors alone of diamond cutters, goldsmiths, and other jewelers, with the rest of the building dedicated to other places for wealthy Detroiters to splurge.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
Definition of cutters
Noun
  • The plot involves two sons of rich, miserly fathers in love with girls their fathers will never approve of and what happens when the fathers’ devious servants decide to give the boys a hand.
    — Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
  • The fantasy series’ new season will also introduce the dread Nazgnagôl, Sauron’s Second Age ring-servants.
    — Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
Definition of servants
Noun
  • Bay Area-founded Starbird and its signature chicken — tenders, wings, nuggets, sandwiches, salads, wraps and more — will be available in the coming months at that corner of Mowry Avenue and Fremont Boulevard, the company has confirmed.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Add the ramen noodles and cook until tender, about 2 minutes.
    — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of tender
Noun
  • Rumors of relationships between executives and underlings went around on campus.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend with Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, the latest movie devoted to the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout Despicable Me.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Definition of underlings
Noun
  • The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of barges
Noun
  • The handmaids’ crimson robes evolved into protest iconography around the world because the story captured fears about authoritarianism and gender more viscerally than overt political messaging ever could.
    — Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of handmaidens
Noun
  • From there, the builder installs two clamping, adjustable keels called leeboards that act together like a centerboard.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, as the freshman with a lot to learn, proaches her Stacy with the most even of keels.
    — Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of keels
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