1. Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
   "The wine cellar was a pleasant adjunct to the restaurant"
    
2. 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
   "In the phrase 'very quickly', 'very' is an adjunct modifying 'quickly'"
    
3. A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
   "The adjunct professor taught several classes each semester"

1. Furnishing added support
   "an adjunct pump";
   - accessory, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary
    
2. Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
   "The adjunct manager helped with day-to-day operations";
   - assistant

Derived forms: adjuncts

See also: low-level, subordinate, subsidiary, supportive

Type of: associate, construction, expression, grammatical construction, inessential, nonessential

Encyclopedia: Adjunct