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SUPERVACANEOUS

Definition: SUPERVACANEOUS

SUPERVACANEOUS

Adjective

1. Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Supervacaneous \Su`per*va*ca"ne*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over vacuus empty.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: SUPERVACANEOUS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Redundancy

Superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess; over and above; (remainder); de trop; adscititious; (additional); supernumerary; (reserve); on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive; un peu fort.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: SUPERVACANEOUS

Language Translations for "SUPERVACANEOUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

излишен (de trop, excrescent, expletive, needless, otiose, pleonastic, redundant, spare, superabundant, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, unwanted, waste). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

upervacaneoussay

   

Portuguese

  

superabundante (overabundant, overflowing, prolix, redundant, superabundant, superfluous), supérfluo (excrescent, needless, overabundant, overflowing, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, unnecessary, unwanted), inútil (abortive, bootless, castaway, empty, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, naught, needless, no-go, nugatory, purposeless, rat-trap, sterile, superfluous, trashy, unavailable, unavailing, unnecessary, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vain, worthless), excessivo (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, out-of-the-way, over, overabundant, overdone, overpowering, prohibitive, racking, rampant, redundant, steep, superfluous, too, ultra, unbounded, unconscionable, undue), desnecessário (needless, supererogatory, superfluous, uncalled-for, unnecessary, unwanted), demasiado (awfully, exceeding, far, inordinate, over, racking, superfluous, too). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

излишний (de trop, excessive, needless, over, pleonastic, redundant, superabundant, superfluous, unnecessary). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

površan (cursory, flighty, frothy, gossamery, light minded, perfunctory, shallow, skin deep, superficial). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thừa (needless, redundant, spare, superfluous, unnecessary), không cần thiết (dispensable, needless, non-essential, supererogatory, superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "SUPERVACANEOUS"

Words rhyming with "SUPERVACANEOUS" (pronounced 'Su`per*va*ca"ne*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SUPERVACANEOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-n-o-p-r-s-s-u-u-v"

-4 letters: aerospaces, arenaceous, oversauces, pancreases, pursuances, supernovae, supernovas.

-5 letters: aerospace, anacruses, assurance, canvasers, canvasser, cavernous, cesareans, conserves, converses, oversauce, parvenues, preseason, pursuance, saucepans, supernova.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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