extraneous

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
2. (not-comparable) Not essential or intrinsic.

Synonyms

external

foreign

immaterial

extrinsic

irrelevant

inessential

orthogonal

outside

alien

👽

impertinent

outward

superfluous

unconnected

exterior

side

strange

nonessential

nonsignificant

optional

outdoor

outer

outlying

outsider

peripheral

stranger

superficial

tangential

tramontane

trifling

unessential

unfamiliar

unimportant

unneeded

unrelated

irrelevent

unrequired

not closely connected

adscititious

squarelike

dispensable

exoteric

extern

extra

fifth

5th

importance

important

inapt

inorganic

insignificant

irrelative

Translations

étranger

extraño

estraneo

ajeno

fremd

externo

esterno

externo

estranho

externe

extérieur

orthogonal

εξωτερικός

belanglos

sans rapport

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: extraño

In summary

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.