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appurtenant

[uh-pur-tn-uhnt] / əˈpɜr tn ənt /
ADJECTIVE
ancillary
Synonyms
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additional
WEAK
accessory accompanying adjuvant attendant attending coincident collateral concomitant contributory incident satellite secondary subordinate subservient subsidiary
Antonyms
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necessary needed
ADJECTIVE
appropriate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
applicable apt convenient correct fitting good opportune pertinent proper relevant true useful
STRONG
adapted becoming befitting belonging deserved desired fit right
WEAK
apropos congruous due felicitous germane just on the button on the nose rightful seemly tailor-made well-suited well-timed
Antonyms
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evil improper inappropriate incorrect inopportune irrelevant misbehaving unfitting unreal unskilled unsuitable
STRONG
unbecoming unfit unsuited
WEAK
unseemly
ADJECTIVE
auxiliary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancillary
STRONG
accessory adjuvant backup complementary extra reserve secondary spare subordinate subsidiary supporting
WEAK
abetting contributory subservient
Antonyms
STRONG
chief important necessary superior
WEAK
body main
ADJECTIVE
collateral
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancillary
STRONG
accessory adjuvant attendant auxiliary complementary concomitant coordinate dependent incident lateral parallel roundabout satellite side sub subordinate subsidiary supporting tributary
WEAK
accompanying added adjunctive circuitous coincident concurrent confirmatory corresponding corroborative not lineal related subservient under
Antonyms
STRONG
chief different dissimilar important independent major necessary unrelated
WEAK
direct main primary principal
ADJECTIVE
dependent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
conditional reliant susceptible
STRONG
counting reckoning relative subordinate
WEAK
accessory to ancillary controlled by depending incidental to liable to provisory regulated by relying subject to subservient sustained by trusting under control of
Antonyms
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free independent mature strong unreliant
ADJECTIVE
relative
Synonyms
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related
STRONG
contingent dependent
WEAK
apposite appropriate apropos germane pertaining referring relevant
Antonyms
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disproportionate irrelevant irrespective separate unequal unrelated
ADJECTIVE
relevant
Synonyms
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admissible applicable compatible consistent germane important pertinent proper related significant suitable suited
WEAK
accordant ad rem allowable applicatory apposite apt becoming cognate concerning conformant conforming congruent congruous consonant correlated correspondent fit fitting harmonious having direct bearing on having to do with material on the button on the nose pat pertaining to pointful referring relative right-on to the point weighty
Antonyms
STRONGEST
improper inapplicable inappropriate incompatible insignificant irrelevant trivial unacceptable unfitting unimportant unrelated unsuitable
ADJECTIVE
reliant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
relying subservient susceptible
WEAK
accessory to ancillary conditional conditioned contingent controlled by counting depending incidental to liable to provisory reckoning regulated by relative subject subject to subordinate sustained by trusting under control of
ADJECTIVE
subservient
Synonyms
STRONGEST
inferior
WEAK
accessory adjuvant ancillary auxiliary bush-league collateral conducive contributory helpful instrumental minor serviceable subordinate subsidiary supplemental supplementary
Antonyms
WEAK
controlling domineering unhelpful unnecessary useless
ADJECTIVE
subsidiary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancillary supplementary
STRONG
accessory adjuvant assistant auxiliary backup branch collateral cooperative minor subject subordinate
WEAK
aiding assisting contributory lesser serviceable subservient supplemental tributory useful
Antonyms
STRONG
chief main major
WEAK
important necessary
ADJECTIVE
supportive
Synonyms
WEAK
abetting accessory adjuvant ancillary assistant backup collateral complementary contributory extra reserve secondary spare subordinate subservient subsidiary supporting

Example Sentences

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He noted that “directly or indirectly, the President shares in the revenues that the Hotel and its appurtenant restaurant, bar, and event spaces generate.”

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2018

The legal battle and appurtenant depositions and documents reveal the extent to which the McCourts used the Dodgers to fund their lavish lifestyle.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 12, 2010

Escutcheon, toboggan, chrysalis, mollify, appurtenant, desecrate, diaphanous, discernible, penitentiary .

From Time Magazine Archive

Has any of your readers met with, or heard of the second short line, appendant and appurtenant to the first?

From Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 by Various

A right of common appurtenant may be sold separately, and enjoyed by a purchaser independently of the tenement to which it was originally appurtenant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

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