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Word | Supernumerary |
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 / a person serving no apparent function / Exceeding the number stated or prescribed / person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra / present in excess of the normal or requisite number, in particular. / a: exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number a supernumerary tooth b: not enumerated among the regular components of a group and especially of a military organization / exceeding what is necessary, required, or desired / more numerous / a supernumerary person or thing / an actor employed to play a walk-on / : exceeding the usual or normal number supernumerary teeth a supernumerary rib, | |
Usage | ⇒ In this hospital the nursing staff is supernuerary ⇒ His first appearance on the stage was as a supernumerary in a Shakespearean tragedy. ⇒ a third, supernumerary witness to the signing of the will ⇒ They were there merely as props, as so many supernumeraries in his private psychodrama. |
Synonyms | extra, spare, superfluous, surplus, excess, redundant, supererogatory, additional, super, unnecessary, actor, de trop, mute, performer, player, spear carrier, supplementary, Thespian, accessory, extraneous, |
Antonyms | necessary, absence, abstemiousness, abstinence, arrears, asceticism, dearth, debit, deficiency, deficient, deficit, deprivation, discrepancy, famine, inadequate, insufficiency, insufficient, lack, meager, moderation, |
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