What are the opposite words for needed?
The antonyms for "needed" refer to things or actions that are not necessary, essential, or fundamental. These antonyms include superfluous, optional, nonessential, unnecessary, surplus, and disposable. Superfluous suggests something that is excessive, extra, or redundant, while optional refers to something that is voluntary or elective. Nonessential means something that is not important or vital, while unnecessary suggests something that is not needed or required to achieve a certain goal or outcome. Finally, surplus and disposable imply an excess, abundance, or overabundance of something that is not necessary or essential.
- extraneous
- free
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superfluous
- residuary,
- in excess,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- more excess,
- more residuary,
- most excess,
- most residuary,
- over flowing,
- over-flowing,
- pro fuse,
- pro-fuse,
- re maining,
- super fluent,
- super fluenter,
- super fluentest,
- super-fluent,
- super-fluenter,
- super-fluentest,
- superfluent,
- superfluenter,
- superfluentest,
- un asked,
- un-asked.
- avoidable
- needless
- unjustified
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- ancillary
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excessive
- overboard,
- overkill,
- plethoric,
- unmeasurable,
- Recrementitious,
- too many,
- dis proportionate,
- dis-proportionate,
- in temperate,
- in-ordinate,
- in-temperate,
- more overboard,
- more overkill,
- more plethoric,
- more recrementitious,
- most overboard,
- most plethoric,
- most recrementitious,
- most unmeasurable,
- over board,
- over kill,
- over much,
- over-kill,
- self indulgent,
- selfindulgent,
- sky high,
- skyhigh,
- super abundant,
- super natural,
- super-abundant,
- super-natural,
- un bounded,
- un conscionable,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un measurable,
- un reasonable,
- un-bounded,
- un-conscionable,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-measurable,
- un-reasonable.
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extra
- gingerbread,
- in store,
- over and above,
- fusser,
- one more,
- be yond,
- be-yond,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- gravier,
- icest,
- more another,
- more beyond,
- more button,
- more gingerbread,
- more lagniappe,
- more reserve,
- most another,
- most beyond,
- most gingerbread,
- most lagniappe,
- most reserve,
- over above,
- perker,
- perkest,
- re serve,
- re-serve,
- super numerary,
- super-numerary,
- sur plusser,
- sur plussest,
- sur-plusser,
- sur-plussest,
- un-used.
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gratuitous
- causeless,
- costless,
- reasonless,
- unmerited,
- unprovoked,
- unwarranted,
- Chargeless,
- unasked for,
- uncalledfor,
- in defensible,
- in-defensible,
- more causeless,
- more chargeless,
- more costless,
- more reasonless,
- more unasked for,
- more unasked-for,
- more unaskedfor,
- more unmerited,
- more unprovoked,
- most causeless,
- most chargeless,
- most costless,
- most reasonless,
- most unasked-for,
- most unaskedfor,
- most unmerited,
- most unprovoked,
- un founded,
- un merited,
- un paid,
- un provoked,
- un supportable,
- un warranted,
- un-founded,
- un-merited,
- un-paid,
- un-provoked,
- un-supportable,
- un-warranted,
- unasked-for,
- unaskedfor.
- inessential
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irrelevant
- not connected with,
- not germane,
- not pertaining to,
- off the point,
- off the topic,
- in appurtenant,
- in apropos,
- in apter,
- in consequent,
- in consequential,
- in significant,
- in-appurtenant,
- in-apropos,
- in-apter,
- in-consequent,
- in-consequential,
- inappurtenant,
- inapropos,
- more garbage,
- more inappurtenant,
- most garbage,
- most inappurtenant,
- most inapropos,
- off point,
- off topic,
- out order,
- out side,
- re-mote,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un-apter,
- without reference.
- nonessential
- redundant
- wanted
-
wanton
- motiveless,
- more double crossing,
- more double-crossing,
- more motiveless,
- most double crossing,
- most double-crossing,
- most doublecrossing,
- most motiveless,
- un fair,
- un fairer,
- un fairest,
- un just,
- un juster,
- un justest,
- un justifiable,
- un-fair,
- un-fairer,
- un-fairest,
- un-just,
- un-juster,
- un-justest,
- un-justifiable.
- extra; supplementary
- not necessary; able to be thrown away
- dispensable
- too much; overdone
- accessory; excess
- unneeded; irrevelant
- unnecessary, groundless
- not needed or important
- excessive; repetitious
- extra, unnecessary
- not justified
- not required
- cruel, malicious
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- Antonyms:
- grow, ignore, plant.
