Definition of EXTRANEOUS

extraneous

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • not pertinent to the matter under consideration
    • "an issue extraneous to the debate"
  • not essential
    • "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
  • not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
    • "water free of extraneous matter"
  • coming from the outside
    • "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"
    • "relying upon an extraneous income"

Adj

  • Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
  • Not essential or intrinsic.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

Antonyms

intraneous

Scrabble Score: 17

extraneous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 19

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