Interglot - "superfluous": Synonyms in English

Summary

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superfluous:
- unnecessary; redundant; superfluous; needless; excess; surplus; spare; extra; supernumerary; supererogatory; wasted; pointless; senseless; purposeless; otiose
- negligible; superfluous

English

Detailed Synonyms for superfluous in English

superfluous
unnecessary; redundant; superfluous; needless
- unnecessary adj
- redundant adj
- superfluous adj
- needless adj
superfluous
superfluous; excess; surplus
- superfluous adj
- excess adj
- surplus adj
superfluous

– more than is needed, desired, or required ¹
redundant; excess; spare; surplus; superfluous; extra; supernumerary; supererogatory
– more than is needed, desired, or required ¹
- redundant adj
  - yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant¹
  - skills made redundant by technological advance¹
- excess adj
  - trying to lose excess weight¹
- spare adj
  - sleeping in the spare room¹
- surplus adj
  - surplus cheese distributed to the needy¹
- superfluous adj
  - delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words¹
- extra adj
  - found some extra change lying on the dresser¹
  - extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts¹
- supernumerary adj
  - supernumerary ornamentation¹
  - extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts¹
- supererogatory adj
  - it was supererogatory of her to gloat¹
superfluous

– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
superfluous; wasted; pointless; senseless; purposeless; otiose
– serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being ¹
- superfluous adj
- wasted adj
  - advice is wasted words¹
- pointless adj
  - a pointless remark¹
- senseless adj
  - senseless violence¹
- purposeless adj
  - a life essentially purposeless¹
- otiose adj
  - otiose lines in a play¹

more than is needed, desired, or required¹
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words¹
serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being¹