supernumerary

supernumerary is a 13-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 24 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
2. adjective. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
3. noun. A person or thing beyond the number stated.
4. noun. A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.
5. noun. a minor actor in crowd scenes

   Synonyms: extra

6. noun. a person serving no apparent function

   "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"

7. adjective. more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"

   "found some extra change lying on the dresser"

   Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus

Synonyms

extra, excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus

Common word forms

supernumeraries

Words from these letters

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