incidental

  • (a) (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
    incident,
  • (s) not of prime or central importance
    • "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
    nonessential,
  • (s) following or accompanying as a consequence
    • an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
    • snags incidental to the changeover in management
    • attendant circumstances
    • the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
    • the ensuant response to his appeal
    • the resultant savings were considerable
    accompanying, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, attendant, sequent,

Nouns

  • (n) (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
    • he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
    incidental expense, minor expense,
  • (n) an item that is incidental

Synonyms

incidental expense minor expense incident nonessential accompanying concomitant consequent ensuant resultant attendant sequent

Antonyms

basic

Words of close approximity

incidental expense incidentally incidental music