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nonessential

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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
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