NONNECESSITY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

nonnecessity

noun

Definition of nonnecessity

as in incidental

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Noun

Select one qualifying airline to receive up to $200 back per year on baggage fees and other incidentals.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 June 2026
That includes park tickets, lodging, meals, ground transportation, and incidentals for all three people.

— Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 May 2026

Definition of incidental

Noun

Alongside the luxury of the town, built on a former Greek and Phoenician colony, is its artistic and literary history.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Following the closure of Faviken in 2019, Nilsson has pivoted to quiet luxury on the shores of Bjäre—and his inn, co-managed by chef Frida Nilsson and Noma alum Daniella Rebelo, is the hottest opening in Sweden this year.

— Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of luxury

Noun

Choosing Flowers and Foliage Round arrangements typically consist of line flowers, form flowers, mass flowers, filler flowers, as well as line foliage, filler foliage, and mass foliage.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026
At the 2018 Oscars, Bullock’s physical appearance sparked rumors of facial fillers.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of filler

Noun

No date has been given for its resumption, Ashley Hikmet, head of crude at Axis Limited, a trading subsidiary of the Onyx Capital Group, told CNN.

— Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
The label has since become a distributor itself, as its subsidiary Virgin Music Group closed a $775-million deal in February for Downtown Music Holdings, owner of CD Baby and FUGA, a digital music distributor.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsidiary

Noun

If Windows crashes or won't boot, those extras disappear, but JetKVM itself keeps working because it is still connected directly to the computer's screen, keyboard and mouse.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026
Whatever cartel-like behavior does emerge will probably look less like coordinated price-fixing and more like the airline industry, which competes on reliability and bundled extras as the underlying product commoditizes.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of extra

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