incidental

Plural: incidentals

Noun

• (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
  • "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
• an item that is incidental
• Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
• Something that is incidental.

Adjective

• (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
  • "incidental expenses"
  • "the road will bring other incidental advantages"
  • "extra duties incidental to the job"
  • "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"
  • "confusion incidental to a quick change"

Adjective Satellite

• not of prime or central importance; - Pubs.MLA
• following or accompanying as a consequence
  • "snags incidental to the changeover in management"

Adj

• Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
• Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
• Occurring by chance.
• Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).

Examples

• incidental evidence
• Injuries are incidental to contact sports: they're going to happen.
• She's costing us a lot in incidentals.
• That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.

Synonyms

accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incident, incidental expense, minor expense, nonessential, resultant, sequent, accidental, contingent, serendipitous

Antonyms

basic, impossible, inevitable, intentional, necessary

Related Words

incidence, incident

Anagrams of incidental