noun
- A minor actor in crowd scenes.
- synonyms: supernumerary, spear carrier
- An additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis. )
- Something additional of the same kind.
- usage: "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
- synonyms: duplicate
adjective
- More than is needed, desired, or required.
- usage: "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: excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
- Added to a regular schedule.
- usage: "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game"
- synonyms: special
- Further or added.
- usage: "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"
- synonyms: additional
adverb
- Unusually or exceptionally.
- usage: "an extra fast car"
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