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

The luxury estate dates back to the 1800s, sits on 470 acres of land, and is located about 20 miles outside of London.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
The Qatari royal family's donation of the luxury jet valued at approximately $400 million, an unprecedented foreign gift, raised questions from some lawmakers and ethics experts.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of luxury

Noun

The songs that earned BTS Grammys recognition in the past were smooth disco-pop tracks with filler lyrics and far less creative involvement from each member than their earlier releases.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026
Armed with various putties, fillers, waxes, and bundles of human hair, their goal was to produce a visage worthy of an open casket.

— John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of filler

Noun

The plan to consolidate FIFA’s commercial and event operations into a new commercial subsidiary valued at $20 billion is off the table, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026
Miami Referendum 2 is asking Miami residents to allow the city to enter into a management agreement with Global Spectrum, a subsidiary of Oak View Group, one of the country’s largest operators of sports and entertainment venues.

— Tess Riski July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of subsidiary

Noun

So kudos to the extras who steal scenes from them in the background, flailing like avant-garde dancers when a vicious mental parasite leaps from grandmothers to joggers to security guards on a quest to find something awful.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
The production put out a casting call for more than 1,000 local extras, Garner said, and spent nearly $500,000 at a lumber business for set-building materials.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of extra

Noun

The embroidery and lace details are so pretty and whimsical, yet feel a touch more understated than an all-over print.

— Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Her scrolled embroideries have since been described as tirades, rants, and screeds—no horses or cables, just the language pummeling the eye.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of embroidery

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