Antonyms for subsidiary

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh b-sid-ee-er-ee

Phonetic Transcription : səbˈsɪd iˌɛr i

Definition of subsidiary

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius "serving to assist or supplement," from subsidium "help, aid" (see subsidy).

adj secondary, helpful

Example sentences :

All the rest are important, but their importance is subsidiary.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

All the other exercises and arrangements of the school are, in fact, preparatory and subsidiary to this.
Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott

And the motivity of sex is subsidiary to this: often directly antagonistic.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

He made the most of it now, rolling it out with all sorts of subsidiary flourishes.
Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Here and there subsidiary bands were formed to "clean up the stragglers."
Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.

All this it is and does, or strives to do, but only as subsidiary to its true business and real aim.
Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various

It should not be employed as an end in itself, but only as subsidiary to other ends.
Extract from : « The Writing of the Short Story » by Lewis Worthington Smith

In the story of Adrian Landale, however, it plays but a subsidiary part.
Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle

A New England countess, a subsidiary figure, suggests d'Aurevilly.
Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten

Connected with these are a great number of subsidiary and protected states.
Extract from : « Mark Seaworth » by William H.G. Kingston

Synonyms for subsidiary

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