extraneous

extraneous

adjective

Definition of EXTRANEOUS

1

not being a vital part of or belonging to something <the architect's streamlined modern style shuns any sort of extraneous ornamentation>

Synonyms accidental, adventitious, alien, extraneous, external, foreign, supervenient

Related Words exterior, outside; immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant; nonessential, unessential, unnecessary

Near Antonyms congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred; inside, interior, internal; basic, essential, necessary

Antonyms inherent, innate, intrinsic

2

not having anything to do with the matter at hand <the professor would have covered all of the course material if she had refrained from her extraneous remarks on just about everything>

Synonyms extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative

Related Words incidental, peripheral, tangent, tangential; dead, moot; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant; empty, inane, meaningless, pointless, senseless, useless; inappropriate, inapt, unsuitable

Near Antonyms important, meaningful, significant; sensible, useful; appropriate, apt, fit, suitable

Antonyms applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, material, pertinent, pointed, relative, relevant