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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, added, ancillary, appended, augmenting, auxiliary, extra, increased, more |
| Main Entry: | besides |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | in addition to |
| Synonyms: | added to, along with, as well as, beside, beyond, in excess of, more than, on top of, other than, over and above, plus, supplementary, together with |
| Notes: | beside is a preposition meaning 'next to, alongside, by the side of'; besides is a conjunction or adverb meaning 'in addition, moreover, at the same time' or 'also' but it does not mean 'alternatively' |
| Main Entry: | explanatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | descriptive |
| Synonyms: | allegorical, analytical, annotative, critical, declarative, demonstrative, diagrammatic, discursive, elucidatory, enlightening, exegetic, exegetical, explicative, expositional, expository, graphic, guiding, hermeneutic, illuminative, illustrative, informative, informing, instructive, interpretive, justifying, summary, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | confusing, mysterious, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, vague |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
| Synonyms: | added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread, gravy, ice*, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, optional, other, over and above, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused |
| Antonyms: | basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, auxiliary, else, extra, farther, further, increased, more, new, other, renewed, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | old, used |
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, in addition, more, new, other, supplementary |
| Notes: | farther is generally preferred over further when the context is distance in space or time; use farther when talking about physical distance and use further when talking about abstract ideas or extent/degree |
| Main Entry: | more |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional, greater |
| Synonyms: | added, aggrandized, also, amassed, and, another, augmented, besides, bounteous, deeper, else, enhanced, exceeding, expanded, extended, extra, farther, fresh, further, heavier, higher, in addition, increased, innumerable, larger, likewise, major, massed, more than that, new, numerous, other, over and above, spare, supplementary, too many, wider |
| Antonyms: | fewer, less |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, increased, more, other, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | common, existent, existing, usual |
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