supernumeraries

Meaning of supernumeraries

noun
  1. A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).
    The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.
  2. An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
  3. Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
  4. An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
  5. A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

Information about supernumeraries

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of supernumeraries is: supernumerary.
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Hyphenation of supernumeraries

su-per-nu-mer-aries

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 15 chars.
  • supernumeraries is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

supernumeraries synonyms

Meaning :

supe, super

Words that rhyme with supernumeraries

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