Definitions For Adjunct

noun

  • A construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
  • Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
  • A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
  • Something that is joined or added to another thing but is not an essential part of it
  • A word or phrase (such as an adverb or prepositional phrase) that provides added information about the meaning of a verb in a sentence by expressing a relation of time, place, manner, etc.

adjective

  • Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
  • Furnishing added support

Is Adjunct a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22

The word Adjunct is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Adjunct in a Sentence

  • Massage therapy can be used as an adjunct along with the medication.
  • In “They ate heartily,” the word heartily is an adjunct and in “We left at noon,” the phrase at noon is an adjunct.
  • Massage therapy as an adjunct treatment

Synonyms for Adjunct

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