'Superfluous' definitions:
Definition of 'superfluous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless, purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]
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 'Superfluous'
From: GCIDE
- Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See Super-, and Fluent.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
- Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. [1913 Webster] -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'superfluous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accidental,
- additional,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- aimless,
- appurtenant,
- ascititious,
- auxiliary,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- collateral,
- contingent,
- de trop,
- dispensable,
- excess,
- excessive,
- expendable,
- expletive,
- extra,
- feckless,
- fortuitous,
- gratuitous,
- impotent,
- in excess,
- incidental,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inessential,
- left,
- leftover,
- meaningless,
- needless,
- net,
- no go,
- nonessential,
- odd,
- of no use,
- outstanding,
- over,
- pleonastic,
- pointless,
- prolix,
- purposeless,
- redundant,
- remaining,
- remanent,
- secondary,
- spare,
- subsidiary,
- superabundant,
- superadded,
- supererogatory,
- supernumerary,
- supervenient,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- surplus,
- surviving,
- tautologic,
- tautologous,
- to spare,
- unasked,
- unavailing,
- uncalled-for,
- unconsumed,
- unessential,
- unnecessary,
- unneeded,
- unused,
- unwanted,
- useless,
- verbose