incidental
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
Types & categories
- expense hypernym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Sense 2 adjective
(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
incidental expenses
Related & opposite
- basic antonym
- omissible similar to
- parenthetical similar to
- peripheral similar to
- secondary similar to
Sense 3 noun
an item that is incidental
Types & categories
- item hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
not of prime or central importance
nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
Related & opposite
- inessential derivation
- inessential similar to
Sense 5 adjective
following or accompanying as a consequence
an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
Related & opposite
- concomitance derivation
- vector sum derivation
- accompaniment derivation
- final result derivation
- effect derivation
- resultant derivation
- result derivation
- lead derivation
- attend derivation
- subsequent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expense |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | basic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | omissible |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | parenthetical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | peripheral |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondary |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | item |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inessential |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inessential |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | concomitance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | vector sum |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | accompaniment |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | final result |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | effect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | resultant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | result |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lead |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | attend |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | subsequent |