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. Susan Rice:

   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.

2. Sorel Vorster:

   Very often Chiari is an incidental finding and if they don’t need immediate surgery we caution against it.

3. Cyril Almeida:

   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.

4. Juan Mayorga:

   It has made a tremendous impact on the world's oceans, for each kilogram of shrimp, you could get up to 25 kilograms of incidental catch... There's no such thing as a selective bottom trawl.

5. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   Virtually all federal actions – from prosecuting crime to imposing taxes to managing property – have some incidental effects on state finances.