Accessory

Adjective

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.

Noun

 * 1) That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
 * 2) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
 * 3)  One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
 * 4)  Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.

Adjectives for Accessory
agreeable; scenic;  fashionable;  cultured; gracious; impressive; colorful; distinctive; exquisite; decorative; tawdry; indispensable; unwilling; criminal.

Synonyms for Accessory

 * accompanying, contributory, auxiliary, subsidiary, subservient, additional, acceding
 * abettor, accomplice, ally, coadjutor
 * aide, abettor, companion, assistant, helper, henchman, colleague, partner, follower.

Antonyms for Accessory
opponent, enemy, betrayer, principal.

Derived terms

 * accessory before the fact
 * accessory after the fact

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From accessorius: (compare English access:, from same root).

Translations
(having a supplementary function)
 * Arabic: كمالي
 * Bulgarian: спомагателен, допълнителен
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: lisä-, apu-, täydentävä, ylimääräinen
 * French:
 * German: nebensächlich,, begleitend


 * Greek:
 * Ido: acesora
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: вспомогательный, добавочный, дополнительный
 * Spanish:, auxiliar

(assisting a crime)
 * Albanian: bashkëfajtor, bashkëfajtore
 * Arabic: مساعد
 * Bulgarian: съучастнически
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Russian: соучаствующий
 * Spanish: cómplice

(attachment)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: допълнение, принадлежност
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: παρελκόμενο, συμπλήρωμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: akcesorium, akcesoria
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: accesorio, complemento
 * Vietnamese: phụ kiện đính kèm

(clothing accessory)
 * Bulgarian: аксесоар
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew: אקססורי
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: アクセサリー (akusesarii), 持ち物 (もちもの, mochimono)
 * Korean: 액세서리 (aekseseori)
 * Polish: dodatek, dodatki
 * Portuguese:

(contributor to an offense)
 * Bulgarian: съучастник
 * Dutch: medeplichtige, handlanger , handlangster
 * Finnish: avunantaja
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Polish: współsprawca
 * Russian: соучастник, соучастница
 * Spanish:

(unessential part in a work of art)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: bűntárs


 * : accessorio
 * : accessorio m
 * : acessório m
 * : accesoriu n
 * : accesorio
 * : tillbehör