Synonyms for incidental
ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tlin·ci·den·tal

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1. incidental

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, 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. incidental

   Synonyms:
   casual, occasional, appertinent, concomitant, concurrent, accidental, fortuitous

   Antonyms:
   systematic, regular, independent, disconnected, irrelative, essential, immanent, inherent, uniform, invariable

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1. 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 expense

   Antonyms:
   elemental, radical, primary, antecedent, fundamental, basal, essential, base, elementary, underlying, grassroots, rudimentary, basic

2. incidentaladjective

   an item that is incidental

   Synonyms:
   incidental expense, minor expense

   Antonyms:
   base, rudimentary, essential, basal, grassroots, underlying, fundamental, elementary, elemental, primary, radical, basic, antecedent

3. incidental, 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, concomitant

   Antonyms:
   basal, elemental, antecedent, base, primary, essential, radical, elementary, grassroots, fundamental, underlying, basic, rudimentary

4. incidental, 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, concomitant

   Antonyms:
   rudimentary, radical, elementary, elemental, grassroots, fundamental, antecedent, primary, underlying, basal, basic, base, essential

5. attendant, 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, sequential

   Antonyms:
   elemental, essential, base, antecedent, fundamental, radical, rudimentary, underlying, elementary, basal, primary, grassroots, basic

Matched Categories

1. • Expense

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1. incidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, fortuitous, contingent

2. incidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   occasional, adventitious, extraneous, non-essential

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1. incidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   casual, accidental, oontingent, fortuitous, subordinate, collateral, accessory

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1. 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

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1. Kevin Walsh:

   It is implausible to the extreme that an automatic, incidental, mechanical activity that largely saw no human contact could rise to the level of genocidal violation.

2. J. Edgar Hoover:

   Justice is incidental to law and order.

3. Meredith Rose:

   When you sign up for a social media platform, you agree to that site's terms and conditions... essentially a contract governing -- among other things -- what the site can and can not do with the stuff you post, it is industry standard for part of that agreement to say,' whatever you upload, you give us permission to show to the world, as well as make incidental copies on our servers to allow for things like retweeting/sharing functions/etc. ,'.

4. Fox News:

   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.

5. Meredith Rose:

   It is industry standard for part of that agreement to say,' whatever you upload, you give us permission to show to the world, as well as make incidental copies on our servers to allow for things like retweeting/sharing functions/etc. ,'.