extraneous

extraneous is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
2. adjective. coming from the outside

   "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"

   "relying upon an extraneous income"

   Synonyms: external, outside

3. adjective. not essential

   "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"

4. adjective. not pertinent to the matter under consideration

   "an issue extraneous to the debate"

   "the price was immaterial"

   Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal

5. adjective. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

   "water free of extraneous matter"

   "foreign particles in milk"

   Synonyms: foreign

Synonyms

external, outside, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal, foreign

Common word forms

extraneously, extraneousness

Words from these letters

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