Synonyms for addendum
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Noun
1. Appendix
appendix, supplement, post script, addition, attachment, appendage, adjunct, annexation, concomitant, complement, appurtenance, accompaniment, accessory
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Definitions
- n. 1
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
The author included an addendum at the end of the book.
Forms
- Plural
- addendums → appendixes, supplements, additions, attachments…
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An appendix may be called an addendum; but addendum may be used of a brief note, which would not be dignified by the name of appendix; such notes are often grouped as addenda.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- addition It is possible for us to do addition very quickly.
- appendix The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.
- appurtenance An appurtenance to the real estate is access to the pond over there.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| addendum | steady | |
| addition | falling | |
| appendix | falling | |
| appurtenance | falling | |
| addend | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- addend
- 7 letters
- adjunct2
- 8 letters
- addition3, appendix3
- 9 letters
- accessory4, appendage3
- 10 letters
- supplement3, attachment3, complement3, annexation4
- 11 letters
- concomitant4
- 12 letters
- appurtenance
- 13 letters
- accompaniment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adjunct2 = 2 syllables).