What are some opposite words for superfluous?
Antonyms for superfluous
sʊˈpɜr flu əssu·per·flu·ous
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term superfluous.
Wiktionary
superfluousadjective
Synonyms:
extravagant, surplus, supernumerary, extraneous, pleonastic, unnecessary, extra, excessivesuperfluousadjective
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
English Synonyms and Antonyms
superfluous
Antonyms:
congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjectiveSynonyms:
accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected
Princeton's WordNet
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, squanderedexcess, 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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
superfluousadjective
Synonyms:
superabundant, redundant, excessive, supernumerary
How to use superfluous in a sentence?
Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
It's my sense that some nations view freedom of the seas as up for grabs, as something that can be taken down and redefined by domestic law or by reinterpreting international law, some nations continue to impose superfluous warnings and restrictions on freedom of the seas in their exclusive economic zones and claim territorial water rights that are inconsistent with (the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea). This trend is particularly egregious in contested waters.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
The superfluous is very necessary.
If everyone gets cut by 10 percent then everyone grumbles but you meet less resistance than if you say this precise department is badly run or superfluous and needs to close.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#759 | natural | |
#1105 | necessary | |
#1573 | internal | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2290 | native | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#9987 | subjective | |
#10683 | inherent | |
#14490 | intrinsic | |
#17954 | congenital | |
#18563 | indispensable | |
#25535 | innate | |
#26448 | inbred | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#40838 | inseparable | |
#52940 | ingrained | |
#65503 | inborn | |
#71087 | indwelling | |
#86054 | immanent |
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