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Subsidiary

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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Secondary 84% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Secondary 84% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Company 76% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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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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Cog 76% connected

To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Subdue 74% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subdue 74% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subordinate 74% connected

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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Subordinate 74% connected

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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Underling 74% connected

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

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Underling 74% connected

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

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Auxiliary 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subordinate 92% connected

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supplemental 92% connected

Alt. of Supplementary

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supplementary 92% connected

Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Underling 92% connected

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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