accessory meaning and definition

ACCESSORY noun

Definition of accessory (noun)

1. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
   • synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement
2. a supplementary component that improves capability
   • synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement
3. someone who helps another person commit a crime
   • synonyms: accessary

ACCESSORY adjective

Definition of accessory (adjective)

1. aiding and abetting in a crime
   • "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
   • synonyms: accessary
2. furnishing added support
   • "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
   • synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary