Extraneous

ahd-5
  • adjective. Not constituting an essential or vital element or part.
  • adjective. Unrelated to the topic or matter at hand. synonym: irrelevant.
  • adjective. Coming from the outside.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In music, not belonging to a standard scale or key; chromatic.
  • Not belonging or proper to a thing; not intrinsic or essential, though attached; foreign: as, to separate gold from extraneous matter; extraneous ornaments or observances.
  • Synonyms See exterior.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
  • adjective. Not essential or intrinsic
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
  • adjective. coming from the outside
  • adjective. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
  • adjective. not essential
    • Word Usage
    "But as far as an "emergency fund," which I define as extraneous and unexpected expenses hospital bill, car wreck, etc."
    Equivalent
    adulterant  adulterating  extrinsic  irrelevant  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    contemporaneous  miscellaneous  percutaneous  simultaneous  spontaneous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accidental  adventitious  external  harmful  humanitarian  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accidental  added  additional  additional  adrift  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.