Synonyms for adjuvant
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Auxiliary — providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful
auxiliary, complementary, contributory, supporting, helpful, assisting
2. Adjunct
Definitions
- adj. 1
Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
- adj. 2
Enhancing the immune response to an antigen; also, containing a substance having such an effect.
Related words
- Word family
- adjutant
- Other spellings
- adjuvantic
Example sentences
- supporting Supporting his family was a great burden for him.
- complementary Are complementary therapies safe during pregnancy?
- adjunct Tom is an adjunct professor.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adjuvant | rising | |
| supporting | steady | |
| complementary | rising | |
| adjunct | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- helpful2, adjunct2
- 9 letters
- assistant3, assisting3, auxiliary4, ancillary4
- 10 letters
- supporting3, subsidiary5
- 11 letters
- appurtenant
- 12 letters
- contributory5
- 13 letters
- complementary4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (helpful2 = 2 syllables).