Thesaurus results for ACCOMPANIMENT

accompaniment

noun

ə-ˈkəm-pə-nē-mənt

Definition of accompaniment

as in complement

something that is found along with something else the sound of crickets was the perfect accompaniment to our summer evenings on the porch

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Recent Examples of accompaniment Creamy and satisfying with just the right amount of crunch, this zucchini and summer squash gratin makes a fantastic accompaniment to lighter proteins like chicken and seafood. — Martha Stewart, 18 Aug. 2026 Her first gig involved producing sound accompaniment for a pharmaceutical commercial based around horse footage. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026 Immigrants probably first brought yogurt to the US in the nineteenth century, keeping cultures alive, making batches in home kitchens, and typically eating it as an unsweetened accompaniment to savory food. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026 While many people associate satay with Indonesia, versions of the dish are also enjoyed across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other parts of the region, each with its own marinades, seasonings and accompaniments. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for accompaniment

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Noun

The Essence palette features Antique White (011W), a soft neutral that adds balance and ease, and Western Orange (209-4DB), a warm, tonal complement.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026
Many health systems have started to adopt social prescribing not only as a complement to medical treatment, but as a preventative approach to reduce the need for more intensive care.

— Grant Oliphant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of complement

Noun

Work to me has been the best companion, the best therapy, the greatest joy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Senate Bill 1119, also authored by Padilla, would require companion chatbot operators to evaluate the design of their products for any potential harm on children and conduct safety audits.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of companion

Noun

The footage appeared to show a male and female arguing with the attendant.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The feature bowed at the Halloween box office in October 2020 and was based on his own 2017 short about a parking lot attendant haunted by a monster who emerges from touchscreen gagets.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of attendant

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The question users need to ask is whether the convenience concomitant with AI’s intelligence is worth the exchange of their intimate data.

— Harsh Verma, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
But concomitant with this were tensions around the concept of localism, an ethos with its roots in the conditions and convictions of the earliest settlers.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of concomitant

Noun

As more cars wrecked behind the incident, NASCAR was forced to throw the caution flag — freezing the field with Preece in front.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The teen, a standout player on his high school football team, remains behind bars over the alleged incident.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of incident

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The Looney Tunes animation–live action hybrid film is an inspired David-and-Goliath tale about the overreach and cruelty of corporations in the modern age, and its journey to release is a real-life corollary.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
That acknowledgement comes with the corollary of letting Pluto’s planethood go.

— Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of corollary

Noun

There is a lovely horn obbligato to Sifare’s Act 3 aria which would be challenging to play on a modern instrument.

— Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
As an obbligato of protest continued behind Wilson, Dylan, accepting Wilson’s advice, sang the insert.

— Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021

Definition of obbligato

Noun

My instinct was to try to answer it with rigorous, careful science — and, of course, report from the ground, learning from the people who were living through the consequences.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
There are also unfounded theories about its consequences, which Doricko has spent time on social media trying to debunk.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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