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Definition: Supererogatory |
SupererogatoryAdjective1. More than is needed, desired, or required; "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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "supererogatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
Synonyms: SupererogatorySynonyms: excess (adj), extra (adj), redundant (adj), spare (adj), superfluous (adj), supernumerary (adj), surplus (adj). (additional references) |
| 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. | |
Crosswords: Supererogatory |
| English words defined with "supererogatory": excess, extra ♦ redundant ♦ spare, Supererogant, Supererogative, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "supererogatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نافل (superfluous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surérogatoire (superfluous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | übergebührlich. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πέραν του δέοντοσ, περιττόσ (dispensable, needless, odd, redundant, superfluous, uncalled for, unnecessary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sunat (voluntary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | troppo zelante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | upererogatorysay supererrogatório, supérfluo (excrescent, needless, overabundant, overflowing, redundant, superfluous, supernumerary, supervacaneous, unnecessary, unwanted), desnecessário (needless, superfluous, supervacaneous, uncalled-for, unnecessary, unwanted). (various references) чрезмерный (exacting, exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, over, overextended, overweening, prodigal, profuse, prohibitive, redundant, superfluous, unconscionable, undue). (various references) supererogatorio. (various references) işin gereğinden fazlaca yapılan, işgüzarca yapılan, gereksiz (digressive, excrescent, gratuitous, idle, indecent, indiscreet, inessential, needless, no, non essential, nonessential, otiose, redundant, superfluous, uncalled for, unjustifiable, unnecessary, unneeded, unneedful), fuzuli. (various references) що перевищу" обов'язки. (various references) l m quá bổn phận mình thừa, không cần thiết (dispensable, needless, non-essential, superfluous, supervacaneous, unnecessary, unneeded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Supererogatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: superereogatory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "supererogatory" (pronounced 'Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-o-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-4 letters: operagoers, porterages, portrayers, prestorage, presurgery, prorogates, reportages. | |
-5 letters: apertures, autogyros, garroters, operagoer, operators, parroters, parterres, perorates, porterage, portrayer, prorogate, prorogues, prosateur, pterosaur, purgatory, repertory, reportage, reporters, surrogate, treasurer, uprooters. | |
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