Synonyms of the word

supernumerary

• n. A civil designation for somebody who works in a group, association or public office, without forming part…
• n. An extra or walk-on in a film or play; spear-carrier.
• n. An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
• adj. Extra; beyond the standard or prescribed amount or number.
• adj. Greater in number than.
• adj. Beyond what is necessary.

actor

• n. A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
• n. One who acts; a doer.
• n. One who takes part in a situation.
• n. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
• n. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
• n. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
• n. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

excess

• n. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity,…
• n. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
• n. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;…
• n. (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds…
• n. (Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
• adj. More than is normal, necessary or specified.
• v. (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given…

extra

• adj. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
• adj. (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
• adj. (Canada, US, slang) Over-the-top; going beyond what is normal or expected, often in a dramatic mannner.
• adv. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
• n. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball;…
• n. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
• n. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
• n. Something of an extra quality or grade.

histrion

• n. (obsolete) A stage actor.

individual

• n. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
• n. (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
• n. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
• n. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
• adj. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
• adj. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

mortal

• adj. Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
• adj. Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
• adj. Fatally vulnerable; vital.
• adj. Of or relating to the time of death.
• adj. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
• adj. Human; belonging to man, who is mortal.
• adj. Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
• n. A human; someone susceptible to death.

person

• n. An individual; usually a human being.
• n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
• n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
• n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
• n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom…
• n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also,…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
• v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man.

player

• n. One that plays.
• n. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
• n. A significant participant.
• n. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

redundant

• adj. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
• adj. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
• adj. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered…
• adj. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the…

somebody

• pron. Some unspecified person.
• n. A recognised person, a celebrity.

someone

• pron. Some person.
• n. A partially specified but unnamed person.

soul

• n. (religion, folklore) The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and…
• n. The spirit or essence of anything.
• n. Life, energy, vigor.
• n. (music) Soul music.
• n. A person, especially as one among many.
• n. An individual life.
• n. (mathematics) A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To endow with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
• v. (obsolete) To afford suitable sustenance.

spare

• adj. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
• adj. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
• adj. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
• adj. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
• adj. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
• adj. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Slow.
• n. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
• n. Parsimony; frugal use.
• n. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
• n. That which has not been used or expended.
• n. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
• n. (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins…
• n. (Canada) A block of school during which one does not have a class.
• v. To show mercy.
• v. To keep.
• v. (transitive) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to…

supererogatory

• adj. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in…

superfluous

• adj. In excess of what is required or sufficient.

surplus

• n. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
• n. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes…
• n. (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
• n. (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
• adj. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
• v. To treat as surplus to requirements, to sell off.

thespian

• adj. Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
• n. An actor or player.

unnecessary

• adj. Not needed or necessary.
• adj. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.

unneeded

• adj. Not needed.