supernumerary

Meaning of supernumerary

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.
adjective
  1. Greater in number than.
  2. Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
  3. Beyond what is necessary; redundant.

Information about supernumerary

  • The plural form of supernumerary is: supernumeraries.
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Hyphenation of supernumerary

su-per-nu-mer-ary

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
  • supernumerary is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

supernumerary synonyms

Meaning excess:

excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, surplus

Meaning spear carrier:

extra

Meaning :

supe, super, epactal, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

Translation of supernumerary

Words that rhyme with supernumerary

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