Synonyms for gratuitous
- adjective
Most common
free gratis complimentary spontaneous unnecessary needless unwarranted
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Gratis
free, gratis, complimentary, spontaneous, voluntary, costless, uncompelled
2. Unnecessary
3. Unwarranted
unwarranted, baseless, unfounded, unjustified, wanton, groundless
Definitions
- adj. 1
Given freely; unearned.
- adj. 2
Unjustified or unnecessary; not called for by the circumstances.
- adj. 3
extraneous, interpolated.
Related words
- Word family
- gratuitously gratuitousness gratis gratuity
Example sentences
- unnecessary The facts proved that our worries were unnecessary.
- needless Needless to say, that's not going to happen today.
- unwarranted I feel resentment against your unwarranted criticism.
- unsought Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gratuitous | steady | |
| uncompelled | rising | |
| unnecessary | falling | |
| needless | falling | |
| unwarranted | falling | |
| unsought | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 6 letters
- unpaid2, gratis2, wanton2
- 8 letters
- needless2, baseless2, unneeded3, costless, unsought
- 9 letters
- voluntary4, unfounded3, gratuital
- 10 letters
- groundless2
- 11 letters
- unnecessary5, spontaneous4, unwarranted4, unjustified4, uncompelled
- 13 letters
- complimentary5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unpaid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gratuit
- Italiano
- gratuito
- Español
- gratis
- Deutsch
- unentgeltlich