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Supplementary

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

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Additive 84% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Additive 84% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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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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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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Supplement 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supplement 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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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Subsidiary 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Supplemental 92% connected

Alt. of Supplementary

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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