Antonyms for incidental
ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tlin·ci·den·tal

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1. incidental

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

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1. incidental

   Antonyms:
   systematic, regular, independent, disconnected, irrelative, essential, immanent, inherent, uniform, invariable

   Synonyms:
   casual, occasional, appertinent, concomitant, concurrent, accidental, fortuitous

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1. • Expense

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incidental expense, incidental, minor expensenoun

   (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

   "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"

   Antonyms:
   elemental, radical, primary, antecedent, fundamental, basal, essential, base, elementary, underlying, grassroots, rudimentary, basic

   Synonyms:
   incidental expense, minor expense

2. incidentaladjective

   an item that is incidental

   Antonyms:
   base, rudimentary, essential, basal, grassroots, underlying, fundamental, elementary, elemental, primary, radical, basic, antecedent

   Synonyms:
   incidental expense, minor expense

3. incidental, incidentadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

   "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

   Antonyms:
   basal, elemental, antecedent, base, primary, essential, radical, elementary, grassroots, fundamental, underlying, basic, rudimentary

   Synonyms:
   accompanying, ensuant, sequent, incident, consequent, resultant, attendant, nonessential, concomitant

4. incidental, nonessentialadjective

   not of prime or central importance

   "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA

   Antonyms:
   rudimentary, radical, elementary, elemental, grassroots, fundamental, antecedent, primary, underlying, basal, basic, base, essential

   Synonyms:
   accompanying, ensuant, sequent, incident, consequent, resultant, attendant, nonessential, concomitant

5. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequentadjective

   following or accompanying as a consequence

   "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"

   Antonyms:
   elemental, essential, base, antecedent, fundamental, radical, rudimentary, underlying, elementary, basal, primary, grassroots, basic

   Synonyms:
   accompanying, ensuant, consecutive, sequent, incident, consequent, attendant, resultant, nonessential, serial, successive, concomitant, sequential

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1. incidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   casual, accidental, oontingent, fortuitous, subordinate, collateral, accessory

How to use incidental in a sentence?

1. Meredith Rose:

   It is industry standard for part of that agreement to say,' whatever you upload, you give us permission to show to the world, as well as make incidental copies on our servers to allow for things like retweeting/sharing functions/etc. ,'.

2. Fox News:

   I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today … So today, I really don’t know to what Chairman Nunes on that count was referring. But Chairman Nunes on that count said that whatever Chairman Nunes on that count was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance and that it was potentially incidental collection on American citizens.

3. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   Virtually all federal actions – from prosecuting crime to imposing taxes to managing property – have some incidental effects on state finances.

4. Adam Schiff:

   After much consideration, and in light of the Chairman's admission that he met with his source of information at the White House, I believe that the Chairman should recuse himself from any further involvement in the Russia investigation, as well as any involvement in oversight of matters pertaining to any incidental collection of the Trump transition, as he was also a key member of the transition team.

5. Michael Haddad:

   We have gotten fewer calls of concern about the Oakland Police Department, we used to get more calls about shootings and just incidental use of force.

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