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1 Supererogatory -- rank: 1000

Supererogatory definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUPEREROG'ATORY, a. Performed to ... an extent not enjoined or not required by duty; as supererogatory services. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: more than ... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1593 1 ... winded meetings in a row on the same subject was supererogatory > Webster's 1913 Dictionary Supererogatory Su`per*e*rog"a*to*ry, a. Performed ...

2 Excess -- rank: 435

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a quantity much larger than ... residual, self-indulgence, self-restraint, sensationalism, spare, stretching, superabundance, supererogation, supererogatory, superfluity, superfluous, superiority, superlative, supernumerary, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, swinishness, tall ...

3 Spare -- rank: 435

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 3: not taken up by scheduled activities ... stored, straightforward, straitened, stunted, sub, subsistence, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, superseder, supplanter, supplemental, supplementary, support, surplus, surplusage, surrender ...

4 Superfluous -- rank: 435

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English ... prolix, purposeless, redundant, remaining, remanent, secondary, spare, subsidiary, superabundant, superadded, supererogatory, supernumerary, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, surviving, tautologic, tautologous, to spare ...

5 Redundant -- rank: 435

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 2: repetition of same sense in different ... reiterant, reiterative, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious, repetitive, roundabout, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautologic, tautological, tautologous, teeming, to spare, uncalled ...

6 Surplus -- rank: 343

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a quantity much larger than ...

7 Supererogative -- rank: 343

Supererogative definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUPEREROG'ATIVE, a. Supererogatory. [Not much used.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Supererogative Su`per*e*rog"a*tive, a. Supererogatory.

8 Extra -- rank: 343

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] 2: added to a regular schedule; "a ...

9 Supernumerary -- rank: 343

... advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ... cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus] n 1: a person serving no apparent ...

10 Supererogant -- rank: 343

Supererogant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUPERER'OGANT, a. Supererogatory, which see. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Supererogant Su`per*er"o*gant, a. [L. supererogans, p. pr. See Supererogate.] Supererogatory. [Obs.]

11 Supererogation -- rank: 217

... be drawn on by prayer in favour of sinners. Derivatives: supererogatory adj. Etymology: LL supererogatio f. supererogare pay in addition (as ...

12 Verbose -- rank: 217

... periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, protracted, redundant, smooth, sociable, spare, spun-out, supererogatory, superfluous, talkative, talky, tautologic, tautologous, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential ...

13 to spare -- rank: 217

... aside, put by, redundant, remaining, remanent, reserve, saved, spare, stored, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus, surviving, suspended, tautologic, tautologous, unapplied, unbeaten, uncalled-for ...

14 tautologous -- rank: 217

... reechoing, reiterant, reiterative, repeating, repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious, repetitive, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, tautologic, tautological, teeming, to spare, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary ...

15 Prolix -- rank: 217

... pleonastic, prolonged, protracted, redundant, singsong, smooth, sociable, spare, spun-out, supererogatory, superfluous, talkative, talky, tautologic, tautologous, tedious, tiresome, to spare, treadmill ...