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supplementary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of supplementary

1 available to supply something extra when needed

the teacher's 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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