Synonyms for circumstantial
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Specific
Definitions
- adj. 1
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
Related words
- Word family
- circumstantiality circumstantially circumstantialness
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An account extended to very minute particulars is circumstantial, detailed, particular; an examination so extended is critical, exact, precise.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- incidental His criticism only referred to incidental matters.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| circumstantial | steady | |
| incidental | falling | |
| inferential | rising | |
| ceremonious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- minute2
- 8 letters
- specific3, detailed2
- 9 letters
- secondary4
- 10 letters
- particular4, accidental4, contingent3, incidental4
- 11 letters
- inferential4, ceremonious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minute2 = 2 syllables).