'Incidental' definitions:
Definition of 'incidental'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: incidental, incident] [ant: basic]
adjective
Not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: incidental, nonessential]
adjective
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" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]
noun
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" [syn: incidental expense, incidental, minor expense]
noun
An item that is incidental
Definition of 'Incidental'
From: GCIDE
- Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, a. Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. [1913 Webster]
- By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. --Rogers.
- Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance; collateral. See Accidental. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ly}, adv. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Incidental'
From: GCIDE
- Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, n. An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incidental'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- acciaccatura,
- accident,
- accidental,
- accompanying,
- addendum,
- addition,
- additional,
- adjunct,
- ado,
- adrift,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- afloat,
- afoot,
- aleatory,
- ancillary,
- appendage,
- appoggiatura,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- arabesque,
- article,
- ascititious,
- aspect,
- auxiliary,
- beside the mark,
- beside the point,
- beside the question,
- by-the-way,
- cadence,
- cadenza,
- case,
- casual,
- causeless,
- chance,
- chancy,
- circumstantial,
- collateral,
- coloratura,
- conditional,
- contingency,
- contingent,
- count,
- current,
- datum,
- destinal,
- detail,
- dicey,
- division,
- doing,
- element,
- embellishment,
- eventuating,
- extra,
- extraneous,
- extrinsic,
- facet,
- fact,
- factor,
- fatal,
- fatidic,
- fioritura,
- flight,
- flourish,
- fluky,
- fortuitous,
- going on,
- grace,
- grace note,
- haphazard,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- iffy,
- immaterial,
- impertinent,
- in hand,
- in the wind,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- incidental note,
- inconsequent,
- inconsequential,
- indeterminate,
- inessential,
- insignificant,
- instance,
- irrelative,
- irrelevant,
- item,
- lesser,
- long mordent,
- matter,
- mere chance,
- minor,
- minor detail,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mordent,
- negligible,
- nihil ad rem,
- nonessential,
- not at issue,
- not-self,
- occasional,
- occurring,
- odd,
- off,
- off the subject,
- on,
- on foot,
- ongoing,
- ornament,
- other,
- out-of-the-way,
- paltry,
- parenthetical,
- part-time,
- particular,
- passage,
- passing,
- petty,
- point,
- pralltriller,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- provisional,
- random,
- regard,
- respect,
- resultant,
- risky,
- roulade,
- run,
- secondary,
- serendipitous,
- side,
- single mordent,
- spare,
- subordinate,
- subsidiary,
- superadded,
- superaddition,
- superfluous,
- supervenient,
- supplement,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- taking place,
- thing,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- turn,
- uncaused,
- under way,
- undetermined,
- unessential,
- unexpected,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unimportant,
- unlooked-for,
- unplanned,
- unpredictable