ESSENTIAL Antonyms

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

• (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

• an item that is incidental

• not of prime or central importance

• occurring with or following as a consequence

• not important

• devoid of importance, meaning, or force

• not necessary

• anything that is not essential

• not of prime or central importance

• capable of being dispensed with or done without

• free or available for use or disposition

• designed to be disposed of after use

• an item that can be disposed of after it has been used

• a minor actor in crowd scenes

• an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

• something additional of the same kind

• unusually or exceptionally

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• added to a regular schedule

• further or added

• possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

• nonessential but helpful

• a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

• happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

• not of prime or central importance

• added or derived from something outside; not inherent

• supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing

• not necessary

• not basic or fundamental