Synonyms of peripheral

peripheral

adjective

pə-ˈri-f(ə-)rəl 

as in auxiliary

available to supply something extra when needed

the IT consultant suggested that we update the drivers for all of the computer's peripheral devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• auxiliary
• additional
• accessory
• supplementary
• makeshift
• supplemental
• appurtenant
• accessorial
• complementary
• further
• added
• contributory
• backup
• supportive
• subordinate
• secondary
• assisting
• assistant
• another
• tributary
• excess
• superfluous
• subsidiary
• surplus
• substitute
• nonessential
• dispensable
• helping
• unessential
• adjuvant
• subservient

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• main
• principal
• chief
• basic
• primary
• fundamental
• prime
• necessary
• essential
• integral
• vital
• imperative
• required
• requisite
• all-important
• indispensable
• needed
• needful

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peripheral

Other symptoms may include blurred or dim vision, loss of peripheral vision, or decreased color vision. — Melissa Rudy , Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Inside, Apple's custom N1 chip provides Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for wireless networking and peripheral connections. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Walk through the peripheral forest, and gnarly bundles of sticks and grass hang from the trees above — lifted there from floods months earlier. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

When parents are trying to understand chemotherapy while simultaneously wondering how to pay the mortgage or feed their family, those problems cannot be dismissed as peripheral to the medical care. — Vidya Puthenpura, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026