'Supervenient' definitions:
Definition of 'Supervenient'
From: GCIDE
- Supervenient \Su`per*ven"ient\, a. [L. superveniens, p. pr.] Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards. [1913 Webster]
- That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. --Z. Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supervenient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accidental,
- additional,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- appurtenant,
- ascititious,
- auxiliary,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- collateral,
- contingent,
- extra,
- fortuitous,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- nonessential,
- secondary,
- subsidiary,
- superadded,
- superfluous,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- unessential