extraneous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈstreɪniəs/ UK /ɪkˈstreɪniəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
irrelevant or unrelated to the matter at hand

The editor cut every extraneous detail to tighten the prose.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · irrelevant or unrelated to... irrelevant unrelated immaterial extrinsic superfluous peripheral external

Opposites

relevant pertinent intrinsic essential integral

Word family

Derived forms extraneouslyextraneousness

Related forms extrinsic strange stranger

Etymology

From Latin extraneus ('external, foreign'), from extra ('outside'). The same Latin word, via Old French, gives English strange.

extraneus Latin extra Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# extraneous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstreɪniəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstreɪniəs/

## Meanings
1. irrelevant or unrelated to the matter at hand

## Examples
- The editor cut every extraneous detail to tighten the prose.

## Synonyms
- irrelevant
- unrelated
- immaterial
- extrinsic
- superfluous
- peripheral
- external

## Antonyms
- relevant
- pertinent
- intrinsic
- essential
- integral

## Derived Forms
- extraneously
- extraneousness

## Related Forms
- extrinsic
- strange
- stranger

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: extraneus
- Root: extra

## Etymology
From Latin extraneus ('external, foreign'), from extra ('outside'). The same Latin word, via Old French, gives English strange.

## AI Etymology
Extraneous is from Latin extraneus ('external, foreign'), from extra ('outside'). The same Latin word, via Old French, gives English strange. Important recorded forms include extraneus (Latin) and extra (Latin). The current sense covers irrelevant or unrelated to the matter at hand. The wider family includes derived forms such as extraneously and extraneousness and related words such as extrinsic, strange, and stranger.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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