nnoun.persona person serving no apparent functionExamples:- reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries
Derivationally Related Form:supernumerary
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:supernumerarypersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:supernumerarypersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona minor actor in crowd scenesSynset:extra spear carrier
Hypernyms:actor histrion player role player thespian
Inherited Hypernyms:supernumeraryactorperformerentertainerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:supernumeraryactorperformerentertainerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
adj satadj.allmore than is needed, desired, or requiredSynset:excess extra redundant spare supererogatory superfluous surplus
Examples:- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Antonyms:necessary
Derivationally Related Form:supernumeraryredundancysuperfluityredundance
Inherited Hypernyms:excess
Similar to:unnecessary unneeded