APPURTENANT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

appurtenant

adjective

ə-ˈpərt-nənt

Definition of appurtenant

as in auxiliary

available to supply something extra when needed a store selling tents, sleeping bags, and all manner of appurtenant equipment for a week of roughing it

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The rest includes medical center revenue, contracts and grants, and other auxiliary enterprises.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Urán, an auxiliary magistrate of Colombia’s Council of State, was among the dead.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of auxiliary

Adjective

Longer life offsets costs The researchers also examined whether the additional electronics could be economically justified.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
After the storms, Pritzker issued a state disaster proclamation that made additional state resources available for response and recovery, his office said.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of additional

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The researchers synthesized two iron tetra-azaphthalocyanines in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles swapped the peripheral benzene rings in conventional iron phthalocyanine.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
For the two, relationships with men are merely peripheral to their friendship.

— Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of peripheral

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