a. | 1. | Conjoined; attending; consequent.
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n. | 1. | Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it. | |||
2. | A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. | ||||
3. | (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; | ||||
4. | (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; | ||||
5. | (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See |
Noun | 1. | adjunct - something added to another thing but not an essential part of it |
2. | adjunct - a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another | |
3. | adjunct - a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical | |
Adj. | 1. | adjunct - relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" |
2. | adjunct - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another Synonyms: assistant |