extra
1. a minor actor in crowd scenes
• Syn:
supernumerary, spear carrier
• Hypernyms:
actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
2. an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
• Hypernyms:
edition
3. something additional of the same kind
- he always carried extras in case of an emergency
• Syn:
duplicate
• Derivationally related forms:
duplicate (for: duplicate)
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
1. more than is needed, desired, or required (Freq. 4)
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
• Syn:
excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous,
supernumerary, surplus
• Similar to:
unnecessary, unneeded
• Derivationally related forms:
supernumerary (for: supernumerary), superfluity (for: superfluous), redundance (for: redundant), redundancy (for: redundant)
2. added to a regular schedule
- a special holiday flight
- put on special buses for the big game
• Syn:
special
• Similar to:
unscheduled
3. further or added
- called for additional troops
- need extra help
- an extra pair of shoes
• Syn:
additional
• Similar to:
additive
unusually or exceptionally
- an extra fast car
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