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ANCILLARY Antonyms

There are 5 antonyms of the word ancillary. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For ANCILLARY

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central
adjectiveadj
adjective

• in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

noun

• a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

core
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

• the center of an object

• the central part of the Earth

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

verb

• remove the core or center from

main
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

noun

• any very large body of (salt) water

• a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

adjective satellite

• most important element

• of force; of the greatest possible intensity

primary
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

noun

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

adjective satellite

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

principal
nounn
noun

• the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an actor who plays a principal role

• capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

• (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

adjective satellite

• most important element

Alternatives for CENTRAL

Alternatives for CORE

Alternatives for MAIN

Alternatives for PRIMARY

Alternatives for PRINCIPAL

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