Synonyms for supernumerary
ˌsu pərˈnu məˌrɛr i, -ˈnyu-su·per·nu·mer·a·ry

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1. supernumerarynoun

   a person serving no apparent function

   "reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries"

   Synonyms:
   spear carrier, extra

   Antonyms:
   necessary

2. supernumerary, spear carrier, extraadjective

   a minor actor in crowd scenes

   Synonyms:
   spear carrier, duplicate, extra

   Antonyms:
   necessary

3. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

   Antonyms:
   necessary

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1. supernumeraryadjective

   Synonyms:
   odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (from a specified number)

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1. List of paraphrases for "supernumerary":

   surplus, superfluous, redundant, extra

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