NONESSENTIALS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

nonessentials

noun

plural of nonessential

as in extravagances

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Noun

In 20 years’ time, one of the extravagances in these pages may be as commonplace as the smartphone is now.

— John Vorwald, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
The beachside Kayuputi restaurant is easily one of the island’s best, offering extravagances like wagyu beef carpaccio and Sturia caviar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

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Yet tailoring is also one of fashion’s great luxuries — an intimate, almost obsessive process of shaping cloth around the body.

— Tyler Matthew Oyer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Now let's pivot into the country club of college football experiences and what happened at Northwestern last night at the opener for Ryan Field, the new $900 million field that is a mini-modern NFL stadium with all the luxuries that NFL fans expect.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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