nnoun.possession(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specifiedDomain Usage:pluralplural form
Synset:incidental expense minor expense
Examples:- he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
Hypernyms:expense
Inherited Hypernyms:incidental expenseexpenseoutgotransferred propertypossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationan item that is incidentalHypernyms:item point
Inherited Hypernyms:incidentalitempartrelationabstractionentity
adjadj.all(sometimes followed by 'to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequenceSynset:incident
Examples:- incidental expenses
- the road will bring other incidental advantages
- extra duties incidental to the job
- labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
- confusion incidental to a quick change
Antonyms:basic
Inherited Hypernyms:incidental
Similar to:omissible parenthetic parenthetical peripheral secondary
adj satadj.allnot of prime or central importanceSynset:accidental nonessential
Examples:- nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry - Pubs.MLA
- the character's motives remain accidental to the plot
Antonyms:essential
Derivationally Related Form:nonessential
Inherited Hypernyms:incidental
Similar to:inessential unessential
adj satadj.alloccurring with or following as a consequenceSynset:accompanying attendant collateral concomitant consequent ensuant resultant sequent
Examples:- an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
- snags incidental to the changeover in management
- attendant circumstances
- the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
- the ensuant response to his appeal
- the resultant savings were considerable
- collateral target damage from a bombing run
Antonyms:antecedent
Derivationally Related Form:consequenceresultresultantattendantconcomitanceattend
Inherited Hypernyms:attendant
Similar to:subsequent