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supernumerary

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
Direction
arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses

Sense 1 noun

a person serving no apparent function

reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries

Types & categories

Related & opposite

Sense 2 adjective

more than is needed, desired, or required

trying to lose excess weight

Related & opposite

Sense 3 noun

a minor actor in crowd scenes

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite excess
1 hypernym Types & categories person
2 derivation Related & opposite redundancy
2 derivation Related & opposite overplus
2 derivation Related & opposite redundance
2 derivation Related & opposite redundancy
2 derivation Related & opposite redundancy
2 derivation Related & opposite supernumerary
2 similar to Related & opposite unnecessary
3 hypernym Types & categories actor