INCIDENTAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an item that is incidental
   Hypernyms(s) incidental is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • item (what does item mean?)
   • point (what does point mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
   Synonym(s)
   • incidental expense (what does incidental expense mean?)
   • minor expense (what does minor expense mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
   Hypernyms(s) incidental is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • expense (what does expense mean?)

INCIDENTAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not of prime or central importance
   Synonym(s)
   • nonessential (what does nonessential mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry- Pubs.MLA
   Similar To
   • inessential (what does inessential mean?)
   • unessential (what does unessential mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (sometimes followed by `to”) minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
   Synonym(s)
   • incident (what does incident mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • incidental expenses
   • the road will bring other incidental advantages
   • extra duties incidental to the job
   • la
   Antonym(s)
   • basic (what does basic mean?)
   Similar To
   • omissible (what does omissible mean?)
   • parenthetic (what does parenthetic mean?)
   • parenthetical (what does parenthetical mean?)
   • peripheral (what does peripheral mean?)
   • secondary (what does secondary mean?)
3. Meaning
   • following as a consequence
   Synonym(s)
   • accompanying (what does accompanying mean?)
   • attendant (what does attendant mean?)
   • concomitant (what does concomitant mean?)
   • incidental to(p) (what does incidental to(p) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems
   • snags incidental to the changeover in management
   Similar To
   • related (what does related mean?)
   • related to (what does related to mean?)