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Synonyms for incidental
ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tlin·ci·den·tal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
incidental
Synonyms:
accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnectedAntonyms:
congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
incidental
Synonyms:
casual, occasional, appertinent, concomitant, concurrent, accidental, fortuitousAntonyms:
systematic, regular, independent, disconnected, irrelative, essential, immanent, inherent, uniform, invariable
Princeton's WordNet
incidental expense, incidental, minor expensenoun
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
"he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
Synonyms:
incidental expense, minor expenseAntonyms:
elemental, radical, primary, antecedent, fundamental, basal, essential, base, elementary, underlying, grassroots, rudimentary, basicincidentaladjective
an item that is incidental
Synonyms:
incidental expense, minor expenseAntonyms:
base, rudimentary, essential, basal, grassroots, underlying, fundamental, elementary, elemental, primary, radical, basic, antecedentincidental, incidentadjective
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
"incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
Synonyms:
accompanying, ensuant, sequent, incident, consequent, resultant, attendant, nonessential, concomitantAntonyms:
basal, elemental, antecedent, base, primary, essential, radical, elementary, grassroots, fundamental, underlying, basic, rudimentaryincidental, nonessentialadjective
not of prime or central importance
"nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
Synonyms:
accompanying, ensuant, sequent, incident, consequent, resultant, attendant, nonessential, concomitantAntonyms:
rudimentary, radical, elementary, elemental, grassroots, fundamental, antecedent, primary, underlying, basal, basic, base, essentialattendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequentadjective
following or accompanying as a consequence
"an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
Synonyms:
accompanying, ensuant, consecutive, sequent, incident, consequent, attendant, resultant, nonessential, serial, successive, concomitant, sequentialAntonyms:
elemental, essential, base, antecedent, fundamental, radical, rudimentary, underlying, elementary, basal, primary, grassroots, basic
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
incidentaladjective
Synonyms:
accidental, casual, fortuitous, contingentincidentaladjective
Synonyms:
occasional, adventitious, extraneous, non-essential
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
incidentaladjective
Synonyms:
casual, accidental, oontingent, fortuitous, subordinate, collateral, accessory
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "incidental":
accidental, accessory, ancillary, accessories, fringe, spin-off, incidentals, by-catch, adventitious, fortuitous, unintentional, casual, occasional, collateral, false, miscellaneous, inadvertent, fittings, secondary, fake, props, bycatch
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#488 | accessories | |
#1642 | external | |
#2392 | false | |
#2446 | miscellaneous | |
#2766 | secondary | |
#2939 | serial | |
#3868 | accessory | |
#4833 | casual | |
#4926 | incident | |
#6134 | fake | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#8332 | consecutive | |
#8529 | occasional | |
#8668 | supplemental | |
#9269 | accompanying | |
#10380 | fittings | |
#10633 | concurrent | |
#11733 | accidental | |
#11878 | collateral | |
#12180 | fringe | |
#12548 | transient | |
#13089 | sequential | |
#13621 | incidental | |
#13736 | props | |
#14586 | successive | |
#16121 | attendant | |
#16784 | outward | |
#18269 | ancillary | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#23002 | resultant | |
#27348 | consequent | |
#31479 | unintentional | |
#32604 | concomitant | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37914 | superimposed | |
#39916 | inadvertent | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#54840 | bycatch | |
#58509 | sequent | |
#71442 | fortuitous | |
#73171 | incidentals | |
#93602 | nonessential | |
#113054 | adventitious |
How to use incidental in a sentence?
Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders.
There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this, this is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event.
I know nothing about this, i was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today … So today, I really don’t know to what Chairman Nunes on that count was referring. But Chairman Nunes on that count said that whatever Chairman Nunes on that count was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance and that it was potentially incidental collection on American citizens.
I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today … So today, I really don’t know to what Chairman Nunes on that count was referring. But Chairman Nunes on that count said that whatever Chairman Nunes on that count was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance and that it was potentially incidental collection on American citizens.
The state is awkwardly trying to reassert its primacy, but generations now of Pakistanis have been raised with the belief that their version of religion trumps everything else, the blasphemy law is almost incidental to the larger trend of a radicalized society that has slipped out of the control of a weak state.
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