1. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
   - accoutrement, accouterment [US] 
2. A supplementary component that improves capability
   - appurtenance, supplement, add-on 
3. Someone who helps another person commit a crime
   - accessary

1. Aiding and abetting in a crime
   "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
   - accessary 
2. Furnishing added support
   - adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary

Derived forms: accessories

See also: accessorial, supportive

Type of: article of clothing, clothing, component, constituent, criminal, crook, element, felon, habiliment [archaic], malefactor, outlaw, vesture, wear, wearable

Encyclopedia: Accessory

• in other words
• in particular
• in passing
• in perpetuity
• in place
• in play
• in point of fact
• in practice
• in principle
• in private
• in public
• in question
• in re
• in reality
• in return
• in secret
• in series
• in short
• in short order
• in small stages
• in some manner
• in some way
• in someone's way
• in spades
• in spite of