incidental

¹in·ci·den·tal

adj \ˌin(t)-sə-ˈden-t^əl\

Definition of INCIDENTAL

1

a : being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence <social obligations incidental to the job> b : minor 1

2

: occurring merely by chance or without intention or calculation

Examples of INCIDENTAL

1. You may incur some incidental expenses on the trip.
2. an incidental part of the job
3. He writes incidental music for plays.

First Known Use of INCIDENTAL

1644

Related to INCIDENTAL

Synonyms: casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, accidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting

Antonyms: calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

Related Words: coincidental; freak, odd; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random; uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen; coerced, forced, involuntary; unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms: certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure; conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

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Rhymes with INCIDENTAL

accidental, adjustmental, apartmental, biparental, compartmental, complemental, condimental, continental, departmental, detrimental, documental, excremental, elemental, firmamental, fundamental, governmental, grandparental, incremental, instrumental, managemental, monumental, nonjudgmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, regimental, rudimental, sacramental, sentimental, supplemental, temperamental, transcendental