Synonyms for supplementary
ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə risup·ple·men·ta·ry

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1. auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementaryadjective

   functioning in a supporting capacity

   "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

   Synonyms:
   adjuvant, auxiliary, supplemental, adjunct, accessory, ancillary, subsidiary, appurtenant

   Antonyms:
   subtractive, primary

2. supplementary, supplementaladjective

   added to complete or make up a deficiency

   "produced supplementary volumes"

   Synonyms:
   auxiliary, supplemental, subsidiary

   Antonyms:
   primary, subtractive

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1. supplementaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   additional, supplemental

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1. List of paraphrases for "supplementary":

   complementary, additional, supplemental, extra, complement, further, supplement, add-in, complimentary, incremental, non-core, follow-up, companion, auxiliary, top-up, supplementing, complementing, add-on, supplementarity, accompanying, ancillary, supplemented, adjunctive, replenishment, replenish

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1. Ben Fogle:

   Up at that height, the air is very thin and most of us need supplementary oxygen, you can imagine the fear and the terror when that suddenly explodes.

2. Stephen Allen:

   Things are worse now than they were last year inside the camps. We can maintain standard services here, but people's supplementary resources are more stretched, four years in, they're at the bottom of the barrel.

3. Junichi Makino:

   Factory output lacks strength in July-September due to sluggish exports of cars and electric machinery, if consumer spending fails to pick up, the government may compile a supplementary budget.

4. The NWS:

   This product is supplementary to the official NWS heat watch/warning/advisory program and is meant to provide continuously available heat risk guidance for those decision makers and heat sensitive populations who need to take actions at levels that may be below current NWS heat product levels.

5. Matt Kean:

   The provision of supplementary food is one of the key strategies we are deploying to promote the survival and recovery of endangered species like the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, initial fire assessments indicate the habitat of several important brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations was burnt in the recent bushfires. The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat.