incidental

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
2. Something that is incidental.

Synonyms

accidental

casual

secondary

occasional

accessory

subordinate

circumstantial

chance

🎲

fortuitous

adventitious

random

incident

haphazard

contingent

minor

accompanying

ancillary

arbitrary

attendant

auxiliary

coincidental

concomitant

consequent

episodic

junior

nonessential

resultant

sequent

side

ensuant

incidental expense

minor expense

helping

immaterial

incidence

associated

included

infrequent

irregular

subsidiary

appurtenant

support

annexed

off

parenthetic

parenthetical

passing

affiliated

symptomatic

scratch

Translations

incidentale

incidental

incident

accessoire

auxiliaire

fortuit

ver

incidental

nebensächlich

zufällig

incidenteel

minder belangrijk

incidental

accessorio

accidentel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/

Etymology

From incident + -al.