What is another word for extraneous?
Synonyms for extraneous
ɪkˈstreɪ ni əsex·tra·ne·ous
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Wiktionary
extraneousadjective
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Synonyms:
intrusive, alien, additional, foreignextraneousadjective
Not essential or intrinsic
Synonyms:
extra, superfluous
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
extraneous
Synonyms:
extrinsic, external, foreign, outside, alien, unconnected, unrelated, ascititious, adventitious
Princeton's WordNet
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonaladjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
Synonyms:
pert, nonmaterial, wise, incorporeal, overbold, smart, rectangular, fresh, immaterial, outside, foreign, irreverent, saucy, orthogonal, impudent, sassy, impertinent, indifferent, externalAntonyms:
intrinsic, intrinsical, purifying, relevantextraneousadjective
not essential
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
Synonyms:
external, foreign, orthogonal, impertinent, outside, immaterialAntonyms:
intrinsical, intrinsic, relevant, purifyingextraneous, foreignadjective
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
Synonyms:
immaterial, strange, impertinent, orthogonal, alien, external, outside, foreignAntonyms:
intrinsic, intrinsical, relevant, purifyingexternal, extraneous, outsideadjective
coming from the outside
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
Synonyms:
immaterial, outdoor(a), out-of-door, impertinent, orthogonal, remote, away, external, outside, outside(a), foreign, internationalAntonyms:
relevant, intrinsic, intrinsical, purifying
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extraneous":
extrinsic, irrelevant, external, exogenous, superfluous, strange, foreign, alien, unrelated
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#215 | international | |
#585 | additional | |
#699 | away | |
#1188 | foreign | |
#1190 | outside | |
#1378 | extra | |
#1639 | remote | |
#1642 | external | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2207 | smart | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4991 | wise | |
#5966 | alien | |
#12404 | rectangular | |
#13150 | irrelevant | |
#14031 | unrelated | |
#19616 | sassy | |
#22412 | orthogonal | |
#24087 | indifferent | |
#26185 | intrusive | |
#27898 | exogenous | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#36762 | extraneous | |
#40695 | saucy | |
#41497 | pert | |
#41631 | immaterial | |
#42140 | irreverent | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#113054 | adventitious | |
#116356 | incorporeal | |
#302329 | nonmaterial |
How to use extraneous in a sentence?
Human beings are on a journey of awareness, which has been momentarily interrupted by extraneous forces.
That’s exactly the way pay is supposed to work, the problem with pay traditionally is it’s been all upside and no downside. CEOs would often get all the credit and money for good times and then blame El Nino or some extraneous force for the downside. Now they are being forced to accept more responsibility.
The art deprived of closeness to the world is, in fact, pure, flat, unmanageable, decorative. Totally extraneous because she herself destroyed outer. Empty and indifferent, deprived of destiny, it solves only technical issues.
I can’t predict for you what extraneous items may be included (on the omnibus) but there are almost always some.
It is not inconceivable now that Mr. Robert Mueller and Robert Mueller team may seek to conjure up some extraneous crime, pertaining to my business, or maybe not even pertaining to the 2016 election.
Translations for extraneous
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- خارجيArabic
- чужд, въ̀ншенBulgarian
- fremdGerman
- extrañoSpanish
- بیرونیPersian
- asiaankuulumatonFinnish
- étrangerFrench
- बाहरीHindi
- idegenHungarian
- estraneoItalian
- ಬಾಹ್ಯKannada
- estranhoPortuguese
- чу́ждый, посторо́нний, вне́шнийRussian
- stran, nepripadajućiSerbo-Croatian
- ovidkommande, främmande, yttreSwedish
- అదనపుTelugu
- 外來Chinese
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