Synonyms for adjuvant
ˈædʒ ə vəntad·ju·vant

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1. adjuvantadjective

   Synonyms:
   subservient, supporting, ancillary, contributory, extra, complementary, attendant, accessory, satellite, assistant, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary

2. adjuvantnoun

   The noun used as a modifier.

   Synonyms:
   extra, contributory, ancillary, complementary, supporting, subordinate, accessory, assistant, subservient, attendant, subsidiary, secondary, satellite

3. adjuvantnoun

   One who helps or facilitates; an assistant.

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, secondary, assistant, attendant, subsidiary, accessory, satellite, subservient

4. adjuvantnoun

   An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

   Synonyms:
   subservient, accessory, assistant, attendant, subsidiary, subordinate, secondary, satellite

5. adjuvantnoun

   Something (as in a method) that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment.

   Synonyms:
   assistant, accessory, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary

6. adjuvantnoun

   A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.

   Synonyms:
   accessory, attendant, assistant, subordinate, subservient, satellite, secondary, subsidiary

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1. adjuvantadjective

   an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, unhelpful

2. accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliaryadjective

   furnishing added support

   "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

   Synonyms:
   supplementary, accessary, appurtenant, auxiliary, supplemental, adjunct, accessory, assistant, ancillary, subsidiary

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, unhelpful

3. adjuvantadjective

   enhancing the action of a medical treatment

   "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

   Synonyms:
   appurtenant, accessory, auxiliary, adjunct, ancillary

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, unhelpful

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1. • Pharmacology

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1. List of paraphrases for "adjuvant":

   adjunctive, admixture, adjunct

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1. Gautam Sharma:

   My job as chief of integrative medicine at AIIMS is to explore how integrative, traditional medicine systems -- especially yoga -- can be used as an adjuvant to modern therapy.