extraneous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
an issue extraneous to the debate
Related & opposite
- immateriality derivation
- extraneousness derivation
- irrelevant similar to
Sense 2 adjective
not essential
the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play
Related & opposite
- extraneousness derivation
- extrinsic similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
water free of extraneous matter
Related & opposite
- extraneousness derivation
- adulterant similar to
Sense 4 adjective
coming from the outside
extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph
Related & opposite
- externality derivation
- extraneousness derivation
- extrinsic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | immateriality |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | irrelevant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | extrinsic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | adulterant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | externality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | extrinsic |