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Accompaniment

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.

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Broader term 7

Adjunct 76% connected

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Narrower term 6

Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Background 76% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Convoy 76% connected

To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.

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Descant 76% connected

Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the mai…

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Discant 76% connected

See Descant, n.

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Vamp 76% connected

To advance; to travel.

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Complement 74% connected

That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Complement 74% connected

That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Complemental 74% connected

Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.

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Complemental 74% connected

Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.

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Complementary 74% connected

Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

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Complementary 74% connected

Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

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Synonym 5

Attendant 92% connected

Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.

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Complement 92% connected

That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

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Concomitant 92% connected

Accompanying; conjoined; attending.

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Escort 92% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

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Support 92% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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