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supplementary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of supplementary

1 available to supply something extra when needed

  • the teacherʼs edition of the textbook comes with a lot of supplementary material
Synonyms of supplementary

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

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 supplementary

basic, fundamental, primary, prime

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

chief, main, principal

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

  • regards theology and philosophy as supplementary fields of study
Synonyms of supplementary

complementary, correlative, reciprocal, supplemental
Words Related to supplementary

cooperative, mutual, symbiotic

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

noncomplementary, nonreciprocal

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