| auxiliary |  |  | 
| n. (person) | 1. aide, auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant. | 
 |  ~ assistant, helper, help, supporter | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" | 
 |  ~ nurse's aide, nursing aide | someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training. | 
| adj.  | 2. auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary | functioning in a supporting capacity.; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" | 
 |  ~ secondary | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate.; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" | 
| adj.  | 3. accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary | furnishing added support.; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" | 
 |  ~ supportive | furnishing support or assistance.; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer" | 
| bunch |  |  | 
| n. (group) | 1. bunch, clump, cluster, clustering | a grouping of a number of similar things.; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" | 
 |  ~ agglomeration | a jumbled collection or mass. | 
 |  ~ knot | a tight cluster of people or things.; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest" | 
 |  ~ swad | a bunch.; "a thick swad of plants" | 
 |  ~ tuft, tussock | a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass. | 
 |  ~ northern cross | a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus. | 
 |  ~ omega centauri | a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus. | 
 |  ~ pleiades | a star cluster in the constellation Taurus. | 
| n. (group) | 2. bunch, crew, crowd, gang | an informal body of friends.; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" | 
 |  ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. | 
| n. (group) | 3. bunch, caboodle, lot | any collection in its entirety.; "she bought the whole caboodle" | 
 |  ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. | 
| v. (motion) | 4. bunch, bunch together, bunch up | form into a bunch.; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" | 
 |  ~ cluster, clump, constellate, flock | come together as in a cluster or flock.; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" | 
| v. (contact) | 5. bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster | gather or cause to gather into a cluster.; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" | 
 |  ~ form | assume a form or shape.; "the water formed little beads" | 
 |  ~ agglomerate | form into one cluster. | 
| cluster |  |  | 
| v. (motion) | 1. clump, cluster, constellate, flock | come together as in a cluster or flock.; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" | 
 |  ~ huddle, huddle together | crowd or draw together.; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" | 
 |  ~ bunch, bunch together, bunch up | form into a bunch.; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" | 
 |  ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" | 
| cooperate |  |  | 
| v. (social) | 1. collaborate, cooperate, get together, join forces | work together on a common enterprise of project.; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" | 
 |  ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" | 
 |  ~ collaborate | cooperate as a traitor.; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris" | 
 |  ~ collaborate | cooperate as a traitor.; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris" | 
 |  ~ go along, play along | cooperate or pretend to cooperate.; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment" | 
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