supplemental

sup·ple·men·tal

adj \ˌsə-plə-ˈmen-t^əl\

Definition of SUPPLEMENTAL

1

: serving to supplement

2

: nonscheduled <a supplemental airline>

— supplemental noun

Examples of SUPPLEMENTAL

1. She receives a supplemental income every month from the government.
2. <the new program will provide supplemental health insurance to thousands of workers>

First Known Use of SUPPLEMENTAL

1605

Related to SUPPLEMENTAL

Synonyms: accessorial, accessory, appurtenant, peripheral, auxiliary, supplementary

Antonyms: chief, main, principal

Related Words: backup, makeshift, substitute; added, additional, another, further; complementary, contributory; adjuvant, assistant, assisting, helping, supportive, tributary; secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary; dispensable, excess, nonessential, superfluous, surplus, unessential

Near Antonyms: basic, fundamental, primary, prime; all-important, essential, imperative, indispensable, integral, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital

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Rhymes with SUPPLEMENTAL

accidental, adjustmental, apartmental, biparental, compartmental, complemental, condimental, continental, departmental, detrimental, documental, excremental, elemental, firmamental, fundamental, governmental, grandparental, incidental, incremental, instrumental, managemental, monumental, nonjudgmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, regimental, rudimental, sacramental, sentimental, temperamental, transcendental