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supererogatory
adjective as in superfluous
Weak matches
- abounding
- de trop
- dispensable
- excess
- excessive
- exorbitant
- expendable
- extra
- extravagant
- extreme
- gratuitous
- in excess
- inessential
- inordinate
- lavish
- leftover
- needless
- nonessential
- overflowing
- overmuch
- pleonastic
- profuse
- redundant
- remaining
- residuary
- spare
- superabundant
- superfluent
- supernumerary
- surplus
- unasked
- uncalled-for
- unneeded
- unrequired
- unwanted
- useless
adjective as in wanton
Weak matches
- capricious
- changeable
- devil-may-care
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- free
- frivolous
- gratuitous
- heedless
- hot-and-cold
- immoderate
- inconstant
- intemperate
- lavish
- outrageous
- prodigal
- profuse
- rash
- reckless
- spendthrift
- spoiled
- supererogative
- thriftless
- uncalled-for
- unfettered
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- up and down
- variable
- volatile
- wasteful
- whimsical
- wild
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Example Sentences
Those arguments are not necessary, they are all supererogatory, like idle words.
This: Do be good to us by a supererogatory virtue and write to us.
John Bull has suffered more for their sake, more than even the supererogatory cullibility of his disposition is able to bear.
That design was secured with a care and finish which in many instances might seem altogether supererogatory.
To speak panegyrically of his prowess, is supererogatory; as his bravery has been the theme of history and of song.
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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to supererogatory, such as: abounding, de trop, dispensable, excess, excessive, and exorbitant.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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