supererogatory 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
more than is needed, desired, or required
Examples
- 1.found some extra change lying on the dresser
- 2.trying to lose excess weight
- 3.sleeping in the spare room
- 4.surplus cheese distributed to the needy
- 5.yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- 6.supernumerary ornamentation
- 7.extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- 8.delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- 9.it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- 10.skills made redundant by technological advance
Synonyms
- excess 1
more than is needed, desired, or required
- extra 1
more than is needed, desired, or required
- redundant 1
more than is needed, desired, or required
- spare 2
more than is needed, desired, or required
- superfluous 2
more than is needed, desired, or required
- supernumerary 1
more than is needed, desired, or required
- surplus 1
more than is needed, desired, or required
