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supplemental

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of supplemental

1 available to supply something extra when needed

  • the new program will provide supplemental health insurance to thousands of workers
Synonyms of supplemental

accessorial, accessory, appurtenant, auxiliary, peripheral, supplementary
Words Related to supplemental

backup, makeshift, substitute

added, additional, another, further

complementary, contributory

adjuvant, assistant, assisting, helping, supportive, tributary

secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary

dispensable, excess, nonessential, superfluous, surplus, unessential
Near Antonyms of supplemental

basic, fundamental, primary, prime

all-important, essential, imperative, indispensable, integral, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital
Antonyms of supplemental

chief, main, principal

2 related to each other in such a way that one completes the other

  • an astronomer who regards science and religion not as antithetical but as supplemental belief systems
Synonyms of supplemental

complementary, correlative, reciprocal, supplementary
Words Related to supplemental

cooperative, mutual, symbiotic

collective, combined, common, communal, conjoint, joint, shared, united
Antonyms of supplemental

noncomplementary, nonreciprocal

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