redundant

Speech parts

1. redundant - Adjective

2. redundant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

superfluous excess surplus supernumerary tautological needless extra excessive spare repetitive overflowing wordy pleonastic unnecessary inessential
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Antonyms

central single necessary critical essential brief
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Related terms

redundancy redundance redound

Phrases with the word

be made redundant made redundant make redundant redundant bone mutually redundant redundant detail

Examples

trying to lose excess weight Source: Internet

found some extra change lying on the dresser Source: Internet

yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant Source: Internet

skills made redundant by technological advance Source: Internet

sleeping in the spare room Source: Internet

supernumerary ornamentation Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

redundance redundancy redundancy check redundant acronym syndrome redundant array of independent disks redundant bone