Definition for Supererogatory:

• more than is needed, desired, or required; " trying to lose excess weight"; " found some extra change lying on the dresser"; " yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; " skills made redundant by technological advance"; " sleeping in the spare room"; " supernumerary ornamentation"; " it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; " delete superfluous ( or unnecessary) words"; " extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; " surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

Synonyms for Supererogatory:

• adj.

  •gratuitous (adjective)
  • bottomless,
  • indefensible,
  • supererogatory,
  • unfounded,
  • assumed,
  • groundless,
  • unjustified,
  • baseless,
  • unwarranted,
  • unessential,
  • unsupportable.
  •redundant (adjective)
  • loquacious,
  • oratorical,
  • tautological,
  • wordy,
  • prolix,
  • long-winded,
  • Iterating,
  • padded,
  • Reiterating,
  • bombastic,
  • periphrastic,
  • diffuse,
  • verbose.
  •spare (adjective)
  • backup,
  • additional,
  • lagniappe,
  • option,
  • unused,
  • over,
  • unoccupied,
  • in reserve,
  • emergency,
  • odd.
  •supererogative (adjective)
  • more fluctuating,
  • most spendthrift,
  • devil may care,
  • up down,
  • un-fettered,
  • more thriftless,
  • hot cold,
  • un fettered,
  • in-constant,
  • more spendthrift,
  • most thriftless,
  • un-reserved.
  •supererogatory (adjective)
  • useless,
  • inconstant,
  • rash,
  • exorbitant,
  • overflowing,
  • devil-may-care,
  • fitful,
  • unrequired,
  • extravagant,
  • volatile,
  • heedless,
  • intemperate,
  • changeable,
  • unrestrained,
  • variable,
  • superabundant,
  • unreserved,
  • unwanted,
  • frivolous,
  • abounding,
  • profuse,
  • wasteful,
  • pleonastic,
  • spoiled,
  • unfettered,
  • lavish,
  • fluctuating,
  • expendable,
  • prodigal,
  • unneeded,
  • fanciful,
  • wild,
  • superfluent,
  • remaining,
  • fickle,
  • immoderate,
  • free,
  • up and down,
  • reckless,
  • residuary,
  • inessential,
  • spendthrift,
  • capricious,
  • whimsical,
  • outrageous,
  • leftover,
  • excessive,
  • dispensable,
  • extreme,
  • overmuch,
  • needless,
  • nonessential.
  •superfluous (adjective)
  • Non-essential.
  •too much (adjective)
  • replete.
  •unasked (adjective)
  • unbidden,
  • presumptuous,
  • arrogant,
  • unwelcome,
  • voluntarily,
  • of one accord,
  • without prompting,
  • not asked,
  • impudent,
  • spontaneous,
  • of one's own accord,
  • undesired,
  • unsought,
  • of own accord,
  • uninvited,
  • willing,
  • Undemanded,
  • overbearing,
  • unprompted,
  • unrequested.
  •unnecessary (adjective)
  • extrinsic,
  • chance,
  • undesirable,
  • optional,
  • noncompulsory,
  • uncritical,
  • casual,
  • fortuitous,
  • accidental,
  • futile,
  • worthless,
  • beside the point,
  • extraneous,
  • non-compulsory,
  • random,
  • haphazard,
  • beside point,
  • irrelevant,
  • avoidable.
  •unneeded (adjective)
  • un needed,
  • un-needed.
  •unrequired (adjective)
  • un required,
  • un-required.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • de trop.
  •
  • uncalled-for.
  •
  • wanton.

Antonyms for Supererogatory:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    inadequate, deficient, sparse, scant, niggardly, meager, insufficient, shortish, necessary, short, skimpy, poor, scanty, scarce.

Supererogatory Sentence Examples:

• In short, the excess of the hour was past, and each individual was returning into the sober channels of his ordinary avocations, with an earnestness and discretion which proved he was not altogether unmindful of the time that had been squandered in the display of a spirit that he already appeared half disposed to consider a little supererogatory.

• She felt so virtuous already that the carrying out of her intentions seemed really supererogatory.