| Main Entry: | nonessential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not needed or important |
Synonyms: |
deadwood, dispensable, excess baggage, excessive, expendable, extraneous, inessential, insignificant, peripheral, petty, superfluous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary |
Antonyms: |
essential, important, necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
Synonyms: |
corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
Antonyms: |
disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | dispensable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not necessary; able to be thrown away |
Synonyms: |
disposable, excessive, expendable, minor, needless, nonessential, removable, superfluous, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary, unrequired, useless |
Antonyms: |
indispensable, irreplaceable, necessary, needed, useful |
| Main Entry: | expendable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important |
Synonyms: |
dispensable, disposable, excess, inessential, nonessential, replaceable, superfluous, unimportant |
Antonyms: |
important, indispensable, necessary, useful |
| 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: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
Synonyms: |
accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, by-the-way, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributing, contributory, fluke, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary |
Antonyms: |
basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
Synonyms: |
casual, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight, little, meager, meaningless, minim, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, not worth mentioning, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, purportless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial |
Antonyms: |
consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimportant |
Synonyms: |
immaterial, inconsiderable, insignificant, light, little, minor, negligible, nonessential, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, puny, slight, small, trifling, trivial |
Antonyms: |
consequential, considerable, important, substantial |
| Main Entry: | needless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary, groundless |
Synonyms: |
causeless, dispensable, excessive, expendable, gratuitous, inessential, nonessential, pointless, redundant, superfluous, uncalled-for, undesired, unrequired, unwanted, useless |
Antonyms: |
grounded, necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | picayune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial |
Synonyms: |
diminutive, everyday, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, of no account, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant |