Entry Word: extrinsic

Function: adjective

Meaning: not being a vital part of or belonging to something <the fact that the ring belonged to your grandmother is extrinsic to its value to a jeweler>

Synonyms adventitious, alien, extraneous, foreign

Related Words exterior, external, 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