'Supererogatory' definitions:
Definition of 'supererogatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
More than is needed, desired, or required; "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" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]
Definition of 'Supererogatory'
From: GCIDE
- Supererogatory \Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry\, a. Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supererogatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- de trop,
- dispensable,
- excess,
- expendable,
- expletive,
- gratuitous,
- in excess,
- needless,
- nonessential,
- pleonastic,
- prolix,
- redundant,
- spare,
- superfluous,
- supernumerary,
- tautologic,
- tautologous,
- to spare,
- unasked,
- uncalled-for,
- unessential,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- verbose,
- wanton