| Main Entry: | beside the point |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not pertaining to |
Synonyms: |
beside the question, extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, nihil ad rem, not at issue, not important, not to the purpose, off the subject, pointless, unimportant, unrelated, wide of the mark, wide of the point |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |
| Main Entry: | neither here nor there |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inconsequential, not connected with, not germane, not pertaining to, off the point, off the topic, pointless, trivial, unconnected, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | peripheral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor, outside |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, borderline, exterior, external, incidental, inessential, irrelevant, minor, outer, outermost, perimetric, secondary, superficial, surface, tangential, unimportant |
Antonyms: |
central, crucial, internal, major |
| Main Entry: | trivial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important |
Synonyms: |
atomic, beside the point, commonplace, diminutive, evanescent, everyday, flimsy, frivolous, immaterial, inappreciable, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, microscopic, minor, minute, momentary, negligible, nonessential, nugatory, of no account, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, scanty, skin-deep, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant, valueless, vanishing, worthless |
Antonyms: |
consequential, important, significant, useful, valuable, weighty, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | unessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
Synonyms: |
avoidable, beside the point, dispensable, expendable, futile, inessential, irrelevant, needless, nonessential, optional, uncalled-for, unimportant, unneeded, unrequired, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unimportant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no real worth, value |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, casual, frivolous, frothy, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indifferent, insignificant, irrelevant, little, low-ranking, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, nothing*, nugatory, null, of no account, of no consequence, paltry, petty, picayune, second-rate, shoestring, slight, trifling, trivial, unnecessary, useless, worthless, zero*, zilch, zip |
Antonyms: |
big, important, relevant, serious, useful, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | unnecessary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not required |
Synonyms: |
accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish, needless, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless, wanton, worthless |
Antonyms: |
indispensable, necessary, needed, required |
| Main Entry: | unrelated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | independent; different |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, dissimilar, extraneous, inapplicable, inappropriate, irrelative, irrelevant, mismatched, nongermane, not germane, not kin, not kindred, not related, separate, unassociated, unattached, unconnected, unlike |
Antonyms: |
dependent, related, relevant |
| Main Entry: | neither here nor there |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
beside the point, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, irrelevant, nonessential, not at issue, nothing to do with the case, off the subject, unessential |