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Definition: SUPERVACANEOUS |
SUPERVACANEOUSAdjective1. Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. |
Etymology: Supervacaneous \Su`per*va*ca"ne*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over vacuus empty.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
| 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 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) излишний (de trop, excessive, needless, over, pleonastic, redundant, superabundant, superfluous, unnecessary). (various references) površan (cursory, flighty, frothy, gossamery, light minded, perfunctory, shallow, skin deep, superficial). (various references) thừa (needless, redundant, spare, superfluous, unnecessary), không cần thiết (dispensable, needless, non-essential, supererogatory, superfluous, unnecessary, unneeded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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