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Synonyms for dispensable

  • adjective

Most common

unnecessary superfluous expendable inessential non-essential apportionable forgoable

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Expendable — able to be done without; easily replaced

expendable, superfluous, inessential, unnecessary, disposable, needless, redundant

Other

non-essential, distributable, apportionable, forgoable

Antonyms

indispensable, vital, essential

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Able to be done without; easily replaced.

Related words

Word family
dispensableness dispensary dispense
Other spellings
dispensible

Example sentences

  • unnecessary The facts proved that our worries were unnecessary.
  • superfluous I agree that the feelings are indeed superfluous.
  • expendable Mercenary forces are expendable.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dispensablerising
unnecessaryfalling
superfluoussteady
expendablefalling
inessentialsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
needless2
9 letters
redundant3, forgoable
10 letters
disposable4, expendable4
11 letters
unnecessary5, superfluous3, inessential
13 letters
distributable, apportionable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needless2 = 2 syllables).