Synonyms for superfluous
sʊˈpɜr flu əssu·per·flu·ous

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1. superfluousadjective

   Synonyms:
   extravagant, surplus, supernumerary, extraneous, pleonastic, unnecessary, extra, excessive

2. superfluousadjective

   in excess of what is required or sufficient

   With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.

   Synonyms:
   extravagant, extra, surplus, extraneous, unnecessary, excessive, supernumerary, pleonastic

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1. superfluous

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

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1. otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wastedadjective

   serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

   "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

   Synonyms:
   spare, gaunt, work-shy, supernumerary, diminished, unpointed, lazy, slothful, emaciated, pinched, surplus, cadaverous, faineant, ineffectual, futile, mindless, witless, supererogatory, excess, redundant, nitwitted, wasted, insensible, haggard, senseless, purposeless, unavailing, reasonless, skeletal, pointless, atrophied, soft-witted, indolent, otiose, extra, bony, squandered

   Antonyms:
   valuable, necessary

2. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

   Synonyms:
   senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

   Antonyms:
   valuable, necessary

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1. superfluousadjective

   Synonyms:
   excessive, superabundant, redundant, exuberant, unnecessary, needless, useless, expletive, more than enough

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1. superfluousadjective

   Synonyms:
   superabundant, redundant, excessive, supernumerary

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1. List of paraphrases for "superfluous":

   unnecessary, redundant, pointless, needless, supernumerary, useless, dispensable, extraneous

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How to use superfluous in a sentence?

1. Ingrid Bergman:

   A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

2. Miguel de Unamuno:

   When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid-in which case all comment is superfluous-or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

3. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   The superfluous is very necessary.

4. Stephen Breyer:

   It might be tempting to dismiss B. L.’s words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein, but sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary.

5. Adam Kushner:

   This is not superfluous, nor a lazy architects idyll, i think it's as important as the automobile was in changing the design of cities or how the printing press altered communication.