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, supplementary, 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, supplementary

   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. Dieter Konow:

   The only strategy is: invest large sums of money in regenerating dead meadows, grow supplementary crops before the autumn, and/or eliminate a significant part of the herd, to reduce the effect on feed reserves.

2. 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.

3. Vincent Cochetel:

   Sending back people who would not have access to protection in Turkey poses a certain number of problems in terms of international law and European law, i hope that in the next 10 days a certain number of supplementary guarantees will be put in place so that people sent back to Turkey will have access to an examination of their request (for asylum).

4. Jaime Calder:

   It's supplementary gardening, there's no way this would sustain a family of five. But we're amping it up, so we can try and avoid the store a little more in the coming months.

5. 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.