Dictionary Definition
accessory adj : 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" [syn: adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary]
Noun
1 clothing that is worn or carried, but not part
of your main clothing [syn: accoutrement, accouterment]
3 someone who helps another person commit a crime
[syn: accessary]
User Contributed Dictionary
see accessory
breathing
English
Pronunciation
- /əkˈsɛsərɪ/
Adjective
- Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
- In the context of "Law": Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.
Synonyms
Translations
having a supplementary function
- Dutch: meegeleverd, toegevoegd
- Finnish: lisä-, apu-, täydentävä, ylimääräinen
- French: accessoire
- Ido: acesora
assisting a crime
- Albanian: bashkëfajtor , bashkëfajtore
- Dutch: medeplichtig
- Finnish: avustava
Noun
- That which belongs to something else deemed the principal;
something additional and subordinate, an attachment
- the accessories of a mobile phone
- Quotations
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- The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti. - Thomas Carlyle
- An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
- One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
- In the context of "fine arts": Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. - James Elmes
Synonyms
Translations
attachment
- Dutch: accessoire, aanhangsel, toebehoren
- Finnish: lisävaruste, varuste, tarvike
- French: accessoire
- German: Zubehör
- Hungarian: tartozék
clothing accessory
- Dutch: accessoire , aanhangsel , toebehoren
- Finnish: asuste
- French: accessoire
- German: Accessoire
- Hungarian: tartozék, kellék
- Korean: 액세서리 (aekseseori)
contributor to an offense
- Dutch: medeplichtige m|f, handlanger , handlangster
- Finnish: avunantaja
- German: Beihilfe
- Spanish: cómplice
unessential part in a work of art
- Finnish: koriste
- French: accessoire
- German: Accessoire
- Hungarian: bűntárs
- ttbc Interlingua: accessorio
- ttbc Italian: accessorio m
- ttbc Portuguese: acessório m
- ttbc Romanian: accesoriu n
- ttbc Spanish: accesorio m
- ttbc Swedish: tillbehör
References
- Webster 1913
Extensive Definition
Accessory may refer to:
- Accessory (legal term), a person who assists a criminal but is not present at the crime
- Accessory (band), with members Dirk Steyer and Ivo Lottig
- Fashion accessory, i.e. an item used to complement a fashion or style
- Video game accessory, a piece of hardware used for playing video games
- Accessory nucleus, in anatomy, a cranial nerve nucleus
- Accessory nerve
- Accessory suite, a secondary dwelling on a parcel of land.
accessory in Japanese: アクセサリー
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a party to, abettor, accessary, accession, accessories, accident, accidental, accompaniment, accompanying, accomplice, accomplice in
crime, accretion,
addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additional, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, aide, ancillary, annex, annexation, another, appanage, appanages, appendage, appendages, appendant, appendix, appointments, appurtenance, appurtenances, appurtenant, ascititious, assistant, assisting, associated, attachment, attendant, attending, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, belongings, casual, choses, choses in action, choses
in possession, choses local, choses transitory, circumstantial, coconspirator, coda, cohort, coincident, collaborator, collateral, colleague, combined, complement, component, concomitant, concurrent, confederate, conjoint, conspirator, contingency, contingent, continuation, contributory, copartner, corollary, correlative, cotenant, coupled, defendant, doodad, engaged, extension, extra, extrapolation, farther, fellow, fellow conspirator,
fixture, fortuitous, fostering, fresh, frill, further, happenstance, helper, helping, implicated, incidental, increase, increment, inessential, instrumental, involved, joined, joint, litigant, litigationist, litigator, material things,
mere chance, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, more, movables, mutual, new, nonessential, not-self,
nurtural, nutricial, offshoot, other, paired, panel, parallel, paraphernalia, partaker, partaking, participant, participating, participative, participator, participatory, parties
litigant, partner,
party, pendant, perquisites, personal
effects, plaintiff,
plus, reinforcement, secondary, serving, shareholder, sharer, sharing, side effect, side
issue, simultaneous, socius
criminis, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, suitor, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tailpiece, things, trappings, tributary, twin, ulterior, undergirding, unessential, witness