Synonyms for additional
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Extra
extra, supplementary, supplemental, accessory, unnecessary, auxiliary, extraneous, accumulative, additive, subsidiary, adscititious rare, ascititious rare
Other
further, other, farther, additionary rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Supplemental or added to something.
The hotel provided additional towels on request.
Related words
- Phrases
- additional time
- Is a kind of
- extrinsic
Example sentences
- extra I'm trying to find a green sweater in extra large.
- unnecessary The facts proved that our worries were unnecessary.
- supplemental Good personal investments may provide supplemental income in retirement.
- supplementary You may need a supplementary dose after six months.
- further One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| additional | falling | |
| extra | steady | |
| unnecessary | falling | |
| supplemental | falling | |
| supplementary | falling | |
| further | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- other2, extra2
- 7 letters
- further2, farther2
- 8 letters
- additive3
- 9 letters
- auxiliary4, accessory4
- 10 letters
- subsidiary5, extraneous4
- 11 letters
- unnecessary5, ascititious, additionary
- 12 letters
- supplemental4, accumulative5, adscititious
- 13 letters
- supplementary5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (other2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- additionnel
- Italiano
- addizionale
- Deutsch
- zusätzlich