Definition of Adjunct

  • (a.) Conjoined; attending; consequent.
  • (n.) Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
  • (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.
  • (n.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of \"History.\"
  • (n.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
  • (n.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.

Antonyms of Adjunct


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Homophones of Adjunct


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