ACCESSORY

Pronunciation (US):

• ACCESSORY (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY has 3 senses:

1. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
2. a supplementary component that improves capability
3. someone who helps another person commit a crime

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY used as a noun is uncommon.

• ACCESSORY (adjective)
  The adjective ACCESSORY has 1 sense:

1. furnishing added support

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY used as an adjective is very rare.

• ACCESSORY (noun)

Meaning:

Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

accessory; accouterment; accoutrement

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

furnishing; trappings ((usually plural) accessory wearing apparel)

belt (a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist))

Meaning:

A supplementary component that improves capability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

accessory; add-on; appurtenance; supplement

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

component; constituent; element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

auto accessory (an accessory for an automobile)

computer accessory (an accessory for a computer)

fitting (a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system)

fixings; trimmings (the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity))

Meaning:

Someone who helps another person commit a crime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

accessary; accessory

Hypernyms ("accessory" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accessory"):

abetter; abettor (one who helps or encourages or incites another)

accessory after the fact (a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony)

accessory before the fact (a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration)

accessory during the fact (a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it)

collaborator; confederate; henchman; partner in crime (someone who assists in a plot)

• ACCESSORY (adjective)

Meaning:

Furnishing added support

Synonyms:

accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary; subsidiary

Context examples:

an ancillary pump / an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism / The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)