Extra
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
extra
adv 1: unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"
adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to
lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on
the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of
her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare},
{supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {supernumerary},
{surplus}]
2: added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put
on special buses for the big game" [syn: {extra}, {special}]
3: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra
help"; "an extra pair of shoes" [syn: {extra}, {additional}]
n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: {supernumerary}, {spear
carrier}, {extra}]
2: an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a
crisis)
3: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried
extras in case of an emergency" [syn: {extra}, {duplicate}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Extra \Ex"tra\, n.; pl. {Extras}.
1. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or
customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for
which an additional charge is made; as, at some hotels air
conditioning is an extra.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the
regular one.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Cricket) A run, as from a bye, credited to the general
score but not made from a hit.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. Something of an extra quality or grade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
213 Moby Thesaurus words for "extra":
above, accessory, accident, accidental, added, addendum, addition,
additional, additionally, adjunct, adscititious, adventitious,
again, all included, also, altogether, amazingly,
among other things, ancillary, and all, and also, and so, another,
appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, as a bonus, as well,
ascititious, au reste, auxiliary, balance, beside, besides, beyond,
bit player, bonus, casual, circumstantial, collateral,
considerably, contingency, contingent, contributory, daily,
daily newspaper, de trop, decoration, dividend, else, en plus,
especially, exceptionally, excess, extra added attraction,
extra dash, extra edition, extraordinarily, extremely, farther,
figurant, figurante, filigree, filling, fillip, flourish,
for lagniappe, fortuitous, fresh, frill, further, furthermore,
gazette, gratuity, happenstance, held back, held in reserve,
held out, in abeyance, in addition, in hand, incidental,
inessential, inter alia, into the bargain, item, kicker, lagniappe,
leftover, likewise, margin, markedly, mere chance, mint, more,
moreover, mute, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, new,
news, newspaper, newspaper of record, nonessential, not-self,
notably, noticeably, occasional, odd, off, on the side, on top of,
original, ornament, other, out-of-the-way, over, over and above,
overage, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock,
oversupply, padding, paper, part-time, particularly, plus,
pourboire, premium, pristine, put aside, put by, rag, rarely,
remainder, remaining, remarkably, reserve, saved, secondary, sheet,
side, similarly, something extra, spare, spear-carrier, special,
special edition, stand-in, standby, stored, strikingly, stuffing,
subsidiary, substitute, supe, super, superadded, superaddition,
superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplement, supplemental,
supplementary, support, supporting actor, supporting cast,
surcharge, surplus, surplusage, surprisingly, suspended, tabloid,
then, therewith, tip, to boot, to spare, too, trimming, twist,
ulterior, unapplied, unbeaten, uncommon, uncommonly, unconsumed,
understudy, unemployed, unessential, unexercised, unexpectedly,
unexpended, unhandled, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrodden,
unused, unusually, unutilized, very, waived, walk-on,
walking gentleman, weekly, weekly newspaper, wrinkle, yet
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