inessential
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
anything that is not essential
they discarded all their inessentials
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- essential antonym
- nonessential derivation
Sense 2 adjective
not basic or fundamental
Related & opposite
- dispensable also see
- expendable also see
- unimportant also see
- extrinsic also see
- unnecessary also see
- secondary also see
- essential antonym
- essentiality attribute
- inessentiality derivation
- accessorial similar to
- adscititious similar to
- nonessential similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not absolutely necessary
Related & opposite
- unnecessary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | essential |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonessential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjunct |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | dispensable |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | expendable |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | extrinsic |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unnecessary |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | secondary |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | essential |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | essentiality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inessentiality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | accessorial |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adscititious |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonessential |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unnecessary |