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Adjective adjunct has 2 senses

accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, subsidiary - 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"
Antonym: unsupportive (indirect, via supportive)
adjunct, assistant - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
Antonym: dominant (indirect, via subordinate)

Noun adjunct has 3 senses

adjunct - something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
--₁ is a kind of inessential, nonessential
adjunct - a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
--₂ is a kind of associate
adjunct - a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical
--₃ is a kind of construction, grammatical construction, expression
--₃ has particulars: parenthetical expression, parenthetical