What are the opposite words for auxiliary?
The antonyms for the word "auxiliary" are primary, central, main, and principal. Auxiliary means something that provides additional support or serves as a backup, while the antonyms suggest a focus on the main or primary role. For example, a primary source of power would be the opposite of an auxiliary power source. Similarly, central or principal functions are the opposite of auxiliary functions that support the main tasks. Using the right antonym for auxiliary helps to provide clarity in communication and avoid confusion. Knowing the antonyms for a word can also help to enhance vocabulary and improve writing skills.
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- requirement
- base
- basis
- essential
- necessity
- rudiment
- fundamental
- helper
- fundamental part
- foundation for belief, action
- need, essentiality
- master
- expert
- head
- important
- central
- material
- arch
- capital
- chief
- constituent
- dominant
- great
- main
- major
- native
- necessary
- overriding
- primary
- principal
- supplementary
- basic
- champion
- first
- indispensable
- inherent
- organic
- preeminent
- preparatory
- primitive
- staple
- ultimate
- principal, superior
- elementary, fundamental
- primary/prime
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- best, excellent
- most important, essential
- component, part
- superior, controlling
- important, vital
- earliest in order
- leading
- most important
- important, celebrated
- most important; chief
- basic, hereditary
- necessary, basic
- essential, important
- principal, predominant
- important, relevant
- innate, inherent
- basic, natural
- central, most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- introductory, basic
- famous, illustrious
- last, final
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- requirement
- base
- basis
-
essential
- requirements,
- prerequisites,
- vital part,
- fire and ice,
- fire and ices,
- fire ice,
- fire ices,
- nuts bolts,
- part parcel,
- pre condition,
- pre conditions,
- pre requisites,
- pre-condition,
- pre-conditions,
- pre-requisites,
- sub stance,
- sub stances,
- sub-stance,
- sub-stances,
- vital parts,
- where at,
- where ats,
- where one at,
- where one ats,
- where one's at,
- where one's ats,
- where ones at,
- where ones ats,
- wanted,
- right hand,
- deep seated,
- deepseated,
- in born,
- in bred,
- in-born,
- in-bred,
- meat potatoes,
- more necessary,
- more nitty gritty,
- more nittygritty,
- more right hand,
- more right-hand,
- more righthand,
- most nitty gritty,
- most nitty-gritty,
- most nittygritty,
- most right hand,
- most right-hand,
- most righthand,
- name game,
- name of game,
- name the game,
- nitty gritty,
- nittygritty,
- nubber,
- nubbest,
- pre requisite,
- pre-requisite,
- re quired,
- re-quired,
- right-hand,
- righthand.
-
necessity
- desideratum,
- indispensability,
- inevitability,
- vitals,
- Desiderata,
- Necessaries,
- imperatives,
- inevitabilities,
- needfulness,
- ex action,
- ex actions,
- ex-action,
- ex-actions,
- in dispensabilities,
- in dispensability,
- in-dispensabilities,
- in-dispensability,
- indispensabilities,
- life or death,
- needfulnesses,
- no alternatives,
- no choice,
- no choices,
- un deniabilities,
- un deniability,
- un-deniabilities,
- un-deniability,
- undeniabilities,
- undeniability.
- rudiment
-
fundamental
- Principia,
- coal and ice,
- coal and ices,
- coal ice,
- coal ices,
- principium,
- axiological,
- elementary,
- fundamental,
- grassroots,
- underived,
- foundational,
- bottom-line,
- bottomline,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- more axiological,
- more bottom line,
- more bottom-line,
- more bottomline,
- more foundational,
- more grass roots,
- more grass-roots,
- more grassroots,
- more meat and potatoes,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- more substrative,
- more sustaining,
- more underived,
- most axiological,
- most bottom line,
- most bottom-line,
- most bottomline,
- most foundational,
- most fundamental,
- most grass roots,
- most grass-roots,
- most grassroots,
- most meat and potatoes,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- most substrative,
- most underived,
- substratal,
- substrative,
- un derived,
- un-derived,
- under lying.
- helper
-
fundamental part
- base.
- foundation for belief, action
- need, essentiality
- master
- expert
- head
- important
-
central
- axial,
- centric,
- centroidal,
- middlemost,
- midmost,
- nuclear,
- umbilical,
- Omphalic,
- in most,
- inter mediate,
- mid most,
- mid way,
- mid-way,
- middle most,
- middle-most,
- more axial,
- more centric,
- more centroidal,
- more middlemost,
- more midmost,
- more nuclear,
- more omphalic,
- most axial,
- most centroidal,
- most middlemost,
- most midmost,
- most nuclear,
- most umbilical.
- material
- arch
- capital
- chief
- constituent
-
dominant
- overbalancing,
- overweighing,
- Over-bearing,
- more obtaining,
- more outweighing,
- more overweighing,
- more predominate,
- more surpassing,
- most obtaining,
- most outweighing,
- most overbalancing,
- most predominate,
- most surpassing,
- out weighing,
- out-weighing,
- over balancing,
- over bearing,
- over weighing,
- over-balancing,
- over-weighing,
- pre dominate,
- pre siding,
- pre vailing,
- pre-dominate,
- pre-siding,
- sur-passing.
- great
- main
- major
- native
- necessary
- overriding
- primary
-
principal
- mainline,
- Supereminent,
- second to none,
- more mainline,
- more second to none,
- more second-to-none,
- more supereminent,
- most mainline,
- most second to none,
- most second-to-none,
- most supereminent,
- second-to-none,
- super eminent,
- super-eminent,
- un approachable,
- un equaled,
- un paralleled,
- un rivaled,
- un-approachable,
- un-equaled,
- un-paralleled,
- un-rivaled.
- supplementary
- basic
-
champion
- prizewinning,
- prize-winning,
- blueribbon,
- more prize winning,
- more prize-winning,
- more prizewinning,
- most prize-winning,
- most prizewinning,
- out of world,
- out sight,
- out this world,
- out world,
- prize winning,
- tip top,
- top drawer,
- top flight,
- top notch,
- topser,
- topsest,
- un beaten,
- un defeated,
- un-defeated,
- world class.
-
first
- first-string,
- in the beginning,
- lead off,
- primo,
- Headmost,
- first class,
- Primogenial,
- numero uno,
- firstclass,
- be ginning,
- be-ginning,
- firststring,
- head most,
- head of the line,
- head the line,
- head-most,
- in augural,
- in beginning,
- in-augural,
- more ahead,
- more beginning,
- more first string,
- more first-string,
- more firststring,
- more headmost,
- more inaugural,
- more opening,
- more primo,
- more primogenial,
- more ranking,
- most ahead,
- most beginning,
- most first string,
- most first-string,
- most firststring,
- most headmost,
- most inaugural,
- most opening,
- most primo,
- most primogenial,
- most ranking,
- right front,
- right up front,
- top list,
- top of list,
- top of the list,
- top the list.
- indispensable
-
inherent
- inbuilt,
- running in the family,
- in the grain,
- built in,
- builtin,
- deep rooted,
- deeprooted,
- in built,
- in dividual,
- in grain,
- in-built,
- in-dividual,
- in-grained,
- more resident,
- more unalienable,
- most inbuilt,
- most resident,
- running family,
- running in family,
- running the family,
- un alienable,
- un-alienable.
- organic
-
preeminent
- unequalled,
- unmatchable,
- unrivalled,
- pre-eminent,
- in comparable,
- in-comparable,
- more unequalled,
- more unmatchable,
- more unrivalled,
- most unmatchable,
- most unrivalled,
- pre eminent,
- un equalled,
- un matchable,
- un rivalled,
- un surpassable,
- un surpassed,
- un-equalled,
- un-matchable,
- un-surpassable,
- un-surpassed.
- preparatory
- primitive
- staple
- ultimate
-
principal, superior
- arch.
- elementary, fundamental
-
primary/prime
- fab,
- top of the line,
- underivative,
- world-class,
- fabber,
- fabbest,
- more underivative,
- more world class,
- more world-class,
- more worldclass,
- most primary,
- most top of the line,
- most top-of-the-line,
- most underivative,
- most world class,
- most world-class,
- most worldclass,
- three r,
- three rs,
- top-of-the-line,
- un derivative,
- un-derivative,
- worldclass.
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- best, excellent
- most important, essential
- component, part
- superior, controlling
- important, vital
- earliest in order
- leading
- most important
- important, celebrated
-
most important; chief
- head.
- basic, hereditary
- necessary, basic
-
essential, important
- key.
-
principal, predominant
- main.
- important, relevant
- innate, inherent
- basic, natural
- central, most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- introductory, basic
-
famous, illustrious
- star.
- last, final
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
