Antonyms for supplementary
ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə risup·ple·men·ta·ry

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1. auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementaryadjective

   functioning in a supporting capacity

   "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

   Antonyms:
   subtractive, primary

   Synonyms:
   adjuvant, auxiliary, supplemental, adjunct, accessory, ancillary, subsidiary, appurtenant

2. supplementary, supplementaladjective

   added to complete or make up a deficiency

   "produced supplementary volumes"

   Antonyms:
   primary, subtractive

   Synonyms:
   auxiliary, supplemental, subsidiary

How to use supplementary in a sentence?

1. Dieter Konow:

   The only strategy is: invest large sums of money in regenerating dead meadows, grow supplementary crops before the autumn, and/or eliminate a significant part of the herd, to reduce the effect on feed reserves.

2. Matt Kean:

   The provision of supplementary food is one of the key strategies we are deploying to promote the survival and recovery of endangered species like the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, initial fire assessments indicate the habitat of several important brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations was burnt in the recent bushfires. The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat.

3. The NWS:

   This product is supplementary to the official NWS heat watch/warning/advisory program and is meant to provide continuously available heat risk guidance for those decision makers and heat sensitive populations who need to take actions at levels that may be below current NWS heat product levels.

4. Ben Fogle:

   Up at that height, the air is very thin and most of us need supplementary oxygen, you can imagine the fear and the terror when that suddenly explodes.

5. Jaime Calder:

   It's supplementary gardening, there's no way this would sustain a family of five. But we're amping it up, so we can try and avoid the store a little more in the coming months.

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