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Accessory

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

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Narrower term 8

Abetter 76% connected

Alt. of Abettor

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Abettor 76% connected

One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender.

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Collaborator 76% connected

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

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Confederate 76% connected

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Fitting 76% connected

of Fit

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Furnishing 76% connected

of Furnish

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Trappings 76% connected

That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.

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Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Criminal 76% connected

Guilty of crime or sin.

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Crook 76% connected

A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Felon 76% connected

A person who has committed a felony.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Malefactor 76% connected

An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

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Outlaw 76% connected

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Derivationally related 2

Accessorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

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Accessorial 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.

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Synonym 8

Accessary 92% connected

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.

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Adjunct 92% connected

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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Adjuvant 92% connected

A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.

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Ancillary 92% connected

Subservient or subordinate, like a handmaid; auxiliary.

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Appurtenance 92% connected

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and…

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Appurtenant 92% connected

Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.

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Auxiliary 92% connected

Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.

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Supplement 92% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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