extraneous C2+ Topic:The Human Body 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... irrelevantunrelatedimmaterialextrinsicsuperfluousperipheralexternal ↔ Opposites relevantpertinentintrinsicessentialintegral Word family Derived forms extraneouslyextraneousness Related forms extrinsicstrangestranger Etymology AI details From Latin extraneus ('external, foreign'), from extra ('outside'). The same Latin word, via Old French, gives English strange. extraneus Latin extra Latin View etymology graph -> Topics The Human Body Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - The Human Body - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown