Synonyms for accessory
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ally — A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator
accomplice, ally, assistant, accessary, partner, associate, helper, abettor US, abetter UK, colleague, confederate, coadjutor
2. Add-on
add-on, appendage, supplement, addition, attachment, side issue, appendix, appurtenance, addendum
Other
accompaniment, accoutrement UK, accouterment US, participator
Adjective
1. Auxiliary — having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a…
auxiliary, additional, accompanying, contributory, subsidiary, subservient, incidental, supplemental, subordinate, tributary
2. Ancillary
ancillary, adjunct, appurtenant, adjuvant, concomitant, attendant
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
- n. 2
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
the accessories of a mobile phone
- adj. 1
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.
Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
- adj. 2
Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
Related words
- Word family
- accessorial
- Phrases
- accessory fruit accessory spleen accessory nerve
- Is a kind of
- accomplice
Forms
- Plural
- accessories → accomplices, allies, assistants, accessaries…
Choose the right word
In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- appendage May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
- accompaniment The melody must be louder than the accompaniment.
By length
- 4 letters
- ally2
- 6 letters
- helper2
- 7 letters
- partner2, adjunct2, abettor, abetter
- 8 letters
- addition3, appendix3, addendum3, adjuvant
- 9 letters
- assistant3, associate4, colleague2, assisting3, auxiliary4, attendant3, tributary4, ancillary4, appendage3, coadjutor, accessary
- 10 letters
- additional4, supplement3, attachment3, subsidiary5, incidental4, accomplice3
- 11 letters
- confederate4, subordinate4, subservient4, concomitant4, appurtenant
- 12 letters
- accompanying5, supplemental4, contributory5, accoutrement4, participator, appurtenance, accouterment4
- 13 letters
- accompaniment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ally2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- accessoire
- Español
- accesorio
- Deutsch
- akzessorisch