incidental
[ in-si-den-tl ]
/ ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl /
adjective
happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount: incidental expenses.
likely to happen or naturally appertaining (usually followed by to).
noun
something incidental, as a circumstance.
incidentals, minor expenses.
RELATED WORDS
information, component, feature, element, thing, piece, trivia, point, dispatch, aspect, news, minutia, story, matter, scrap, novelty, detail, note, blurb, notice
Nearby words
- inchon,
- inchworm,
- incidence,
- incident,
- incident point,
- incidental music,
- incidental parasite,
- incidentally,
- incidentaloma,
- incienso
Origin of incidental
SYNONYMS FOR incidental
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incidental
/ (ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl) /
adjective
happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous
(postpositive foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to)
(postpositive foll by upon) caused (by)
occasional or minorincidental expenses
noun
(often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action
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incidental
"casual, occasional," 1610s, from Medieval Latin incidentalis, from incidens (see incident (n.)). Incidentals (n.) "'occasional' expenses, etc.," is attested by 1707.
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