Synonyms of the word

parenthetical

• adj. using, containing, or within parentheses (like this).
• adj. that explains or qualifies something.
• adj. that is incidental.
• n. a word or phrase within parentheses.

adjunct

• n. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
• n. A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
• n. (dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour…
• n. (music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
• n. (grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that amplifies its meaning, such as "for a while"…
• n. (syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
• n. (rhetoric) Symploce.
• n. (category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
• adj. Connected in a subordinate function.
• adj. Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

incident

• n. An event or occurrence.
• n. A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
• n. An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis.
• n. In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury.
• adj. Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
• adj. (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
• adj. Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design;…
• adj. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
• adj. (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

incidental

• adj. Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; being a likely consequence.
• adj. Occurring by chance.
• adj. (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
• n. Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
• n. Something that is incidental.

parenthetic

• adj. Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses.
• adj. (of speech) That digresses; discursive or rambling.