Synonyms of the word extraneous


EXTRANEOUSADULTERANT - ADULTERATING - EXTERNAL - EXTRINSIC - FOREIGN - IMMATERIAL - IMPERTINENT - IRRELEVANT - ORTHOGONAL - OUTSIDE

extraneous

  • adj. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
  • adj. Not essential or intrinsic.

adulterant

  • n. That which adulterates; or reduces the purity of.

adulterating

  • v. present participle of adulterate.

external

  • adj. Outside of something; on the exterior.
  • adj. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • adj. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
  • adj. (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
  • adj. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

extrinsic

  • adj. external, separable from the thing itself, inessential.
  • adj. not belonging to, outside of.

foreign

  • adj. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
  • adj. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than…
  • adj. Relating to a different nation.
  • adj. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
  • adj. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
  • adj. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • adj. (US, state law) From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or…
  • adj. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
  • adj. (obsolete) Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
  • n. A foreign person, particularly.
  • n. (obsolete) A foreign ship.
  • n. (obsolete) Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
  • n. A foreign area, particularly.
  • n. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

immaterial

  • adj. Having no matter or substance.
  • adj. (law, accounting) So insubstantial as to be irrelevant.

impertinent

  • adj. insolent, ill-mannered.
  • adj. irrelevant (opposite of pertinent).
  • n. An impertinent individual.

irrelevant

  • adj. Not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected.

orthogonal

  • adj. (geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
  • adj. (mathematics).
  • adj. (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
  • adj. (software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
  • adj. Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.

outside

  • n. The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
  • n. The external appearance of something.
  • n. The space beyond some limit or boundary.
  • n. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
  • n. (dated, Britain, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
  • adj. (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
  • adj. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.
  • adv. Outdoors.
  • prep. On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
  • prep. Near, but not in.
  • prep. (usually with “of”) Except, apart from.

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