accessory

Plural: accessories

Noun

• clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
• a supplementary component that improves capability
• someone who helps another person commit a crime
• Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
• An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
• A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
• Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

Adjective Satellite

• aiding and abetting in a crime
  • "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
• furnishing added support

Adj

• Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.
• Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
• Present in a minor amount, and not essential.

Examples

• accessory garments
• accessory mineral
• Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
• She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.
• Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.
• the accessories of a mobile phone

Synonyms

accessary, accouterment, accoutrement, add-on, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenance, appurtenant, auxiliary, supplement, abettor, acceding, accompaniment, accompanying, accomplice, addition, additional, ally, attachment, coadjutor, contributory, subservient, subsidiary

Anagrams of accessory