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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accessory \Ac*ces"so*ry\ (#; 277), adjective [L. accessorius. See {Access}, and cf. {Accessary}.] Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
Note: Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orho["e]pists place the accent on the first syllable.
Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accessory \Ac*ces"so*ry\, noun; pl. {Accessories}.
1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. ''The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.'' --Carlyle.
2. (Law) Same as {Accessary}, noun
3. (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. --Elmes.
Syn: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See {Abettor}. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
accessory
adjective: relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" [syn: {adjunct}, {ancillary}, {adjuvant}, {appurtenant}, {auxiliary}, {subsidiary}]
noun
1: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing [syn: {accoutrement}, {accouterment}]
2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn: {appurtenance}, {supplement}, {add-on}]
3: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn: {accessary}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
178 Moby Thesaurus words for "accessory": a party to, abettor, accessary, accession, accessories, accident, accidental, accompaniment, accompanying, accomplice, accomplice in crime, accretion, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additional, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, aide, ancillary, annex, annexation, another, appanage, appanages, appendage, appendages, appendant, appendix, appointments, appurtenance, appurtenances, appurtenant, ascititious, assistant, assisting, associated, attachment, attendant, attending, augment, augmentation, auxiliary, belongings, casual, choses, choses in action, choses in possession, choses local, choses transitory, circumstantial, coconspirator, coda, cohort, coincident, collaborator, collateral, colleague, combined, complement, component, concomitant, concurrent, confederate, conjoint, conspirator, contingency, contingent, continuation, contributory, copartner, corollary, correlative, cotenant, coupled, defendant, doodad, engaged, extension, extra, extrapolation, farther, fellow, fellow conspirator, fixture, fortuitous, fostering, fresh, frill, further, happenstance, helper, helping, implicated, incidental, increase, increment, inessential, instrumental, involved, joined, joint, litigant, litigationist, litigator, material things, mere chance, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, more, movables, mutual, new, nonessential, not-self, nurtural, nutricial, offshoot, other, paired, panel, parallel, paraphernalia, partaker, partaking, participant, participating, participative, participator, participatory, parties litigant, partner, party, pendant, perquisites, personal effects, plaintiff, plus, reinforcement, secondary, serving, shareholder, sharer, sharing, side effect, side issue, simultaneous, socius criminis, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, suitor, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tailpiece, things, trappings, tributary, twin, ulterior, undergirding, unessential, witness
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