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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. more than is needed, desired, or required;
- Example: "trying to lose excess weight"
- Example: "found some extra change lying on the dresser"
- Example: "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
- Example: "skills made redundant by technological advance"
- Example: "sleeping in the spare room"
- Example: "supernumerary ornamentation"
- Example: "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
- Example: "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
- Example: "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
- Example: "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
[syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supererogatory \Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry\, a.
   Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty
   or necessity; as, supererogatory services. --Howell.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supererogatory
    adj 1: 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" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare,
           supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
           surplus]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "supererogatory":
   de trop, dispensable, excess, expendable, expletive, gratuitous,
   in excess, needless, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant,
   spare, superfluous, supernumerary, tautologic, tautologous,
   to spare, unasked, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary,
   unneeded, verbose, wanton