Synonyms for Unnecessary:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unnecessary.
  •avoidable (adjective)
  • Escapable,
  • more avertible,
  • most stoppable,
  • most avertible,
  • un necessary,
  • stoppable,
  • most escapable,
  • un-necessary,
  • avertible,
  • more stoppable,
  • more escapable.
  •dispensable (adjective)
  • most disposable,
  • more disposable,
  • un-required,
  • re-movable,
  • re movable,
  • trivial,
  • un required.
  •extra (adjective)
  • tipper,
  • most reserve,
  • un used,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • super-numerary,
  • sur-plussest,
  • in reserve,
  • supplementary,
  • graviest,
  • un needed,
  • over above,
  • most lagniappe,
  • more lagniappe,
  • icest,
  • un-needed,
  • re-serve,
  • sur plusser,
  • perkest,
  • be-yond,
  • sur-plusser,
  • un-used,
  • gravier,
  • most another,
  • more button,
  • more another,
  • sur plussest,
  • ICER,
  • in addition,
  • fussest,
  • be yond,
  • more reserve,
  • more gingerbread,
  • gravy,
  • in essential,
  • most beyond,
  • most gingerbread,
  • super numerary,
  • most button,
  • more beyond,
  • re serve,
  • in-essential,
  • tippest.
  •extraneous (adjective)
  • off the subject,
  • inapposite,
  • beside point.
  •idle (adjective)
  • idler,
  • un successful,
  • most unhelpful,
  • un availing,
  • un-availing,
  • un helpful,
  • un-successful,
  • un-helpful,
  • un productive,
  • more unhelpful,
  • in significant,
  • in-significant,
  • un-productive.
  •immaterial (adjective)
  • matter of indifference,
  • inconsiderable,
  • of no importance,
  • meaningless,
  • Irrelative,
  • of no account,
  • no big deal,
  • of no consequence,
  • no never mind.
  •improper (adjective)
  • undue.
  •irrelevant (adjective)
  • in-apropos,
  • un apter,
  • un-aptest,
  • more garbage,
  • in-aptest,
  • most inappurtenant,
  • more inappurtenant,
  • more inapropos,
  • in apter,
  • out order,
  • in consequent,
  • un-apter,
  • in-appurtenant,
  • off topic,
  • un aptest,
  • in aptest,
  • off point,
  • out place,
  • out side,
  • in appurtenant,
  • in-consequent,
  • in apropos,
  • re-mote,
  • most garbage,
  • in-apter,
  • most inapropos.
  •nominal (adjective)
  • low priced,
  • in-expensive,
  • most token,
  • lowpriced,
  • most minimal,
  • in expensive,
  • more token.
  •nonessential (adjective)
  • more deadwood,
  • most deadwood,
  • non essential.
  •not required (adjective)
  • lavish,
  • supererogatory,
  • uncritical,
  • profuse,
  • extrinsic,
  • prodigal.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • dispensable,
  • immaterial,
  • undirected,
  • in store,
  • goalless,
  • fusser,
  • palaverous,
  • Purportless,
  • not connected with,
  • idle,
  • inappurtenant,
  • Designless,
  • gingerbread,
  • Non-essential,
  • out of place,
  • around in circles,
  • disposable,
  • perker,
  • needle in haystack,
  • not pertaining to,
  • not germane,
  • Unpurposed,
  • not serious,
  • excess baggage,
  • purposeless,
  • one more,
  • over and above,
  • on treadmill,
  • Deadwood,
  • in vicious circle,
  • motiveless,
  • non-germane,
  • unimportant,
  • of no avail,
  • unhelpful,
  • off the point,
  • off the topic,
  • redundant,
  • inapropos,
  • not pertinent,
  • longwinded,
  • extra,
  • extra ordinary,
  • nongermane,
  • pointless,
  • extraneous,
  • without reference,
  • nominal,
  • nonessential.
  •pointless (adjective)
  • in effectual,
  • more purportless,
  • most nongermane,
  • going nowhere,
  • un-profitable,
  • needle haystack,
  • most purportless,
  • non germane,
  • around circles,
  • in-effectual,
  • un interesting,
  • more nongermane,
  • un profitable,
  • in-effective,
  • in effective.
  •purposeless (adjective)
  • more floundering,
  • un planned,
  • good for nothing,
  • un-planned,
  • un purposed,
  • de-signless,
  • most motiveless,
  • more unpurposed,
  • more designless,
  • most floundering,
  • most good-for-nothing,
  • most good for nothing,
  • more drifting,
  • most unpurposed,
  • most goalless,
  • more motiveless,
  • un-purposed,
  • most designless,
  • more good-for-nothing,
  • de signless,
  • un directed,
  • most undirected,
  • un-directed,
  • in-discriminate,
  • more undirected,
  • more good for nothing,
  • more goalless,
  • in discriminate,
  • most drifting.
  •redundant (adjective)
  • periphrastic,
  • most reiterating,
  • more palaverous,
  • more reiterating,
  • re iterating,
  • most iterating,
  • un-wanted,
  • re-iterating,
  • most palaverous,
  • more iterating,
  • in-ordinate,
  • long winded,
  • un wanted.
  •unimportant (adjective)
  • shoestring,
  • low-ranking,
  • zipper,
  • frothy.

• n.

  •
  • evil,
  • cruel,
  • awful,
  • inhuman,
  • monstrous,
  • hard,
  • hateful,
  • pitiless,
  • uncharitable,
  • unkind.
  •excess (noun)
  • excess.
  •needless (noun)
  • pleonastic,
  • fortuitous,
  • worthless,
  • without compulsion,
  • casual,
  • additional,
  • chance,
  • optional,
  • noncompulsory,
  • random,
  • accidental,
  • disadvantageous,
  • undesirable,
  • causeless,
  • objectionable,
  • haphazard,
  • wanton,
  • beside the point,
  • exorbitant,
  • avoidable,
  • adventitious.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • inessential,
  • uncalled-for,
  • fruitless,
  • gratuitous,
  • expendable,
  • unneeded,
  • uncalled for,
  • superfluous,
  • supernumerary,
  • useless,
  • surplus,
  • futile,
  • expletive,
  • peripheral,
  • bootless,
  • needless.
  •reserve (noun)
  • reserve.
  •unnecessary (noun)
  • spare.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unlooked-for,
  • uninvited,
  • unasked for,
  • unsolicited,
  • unrequired,
  • de trop,
  • unwanted.
  •
  • unwelcome.
  •
  • redundancy.
  •futile
  • waste.
  •immoderate
  • excessive.
  •inapplicable
  • irrelevant.
  •inessential
  • unessential.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • incidental,
  • unnecessarily,
  • tangential,
  • amplitude,
  • repetitious,
  • indefensible,
  • unasked,
  • richness,
  • preventable,
  • curse,
  • recurrence,
  • minor,
  • inopportune,
  • tautologic,
  • oath,
  • supplemental,
  • accessory,
  • riches,
  • trifling,
  • duplicate,
  • verbose,
  • naught,
  • empty,
  • inexcusable,
  • iterative,
  • follow around,
  • over-abundant,
  • noncritical,
  • store,
  • unreasonable,
  • outrageous,
  • repetition,
  • return,
  • inconsequential,
  • added,
  • unserviceable,
  • unjustified,
  • unconscionable,
  • tautological,
  • Supervacaneous,
  • inappropriate,
  • otiose,
  • unavailing,
  • hors de combat,
  • subsidiary,
  • prolix,
  • secondary,
  • superficial,
  • unprofitable,
  • in vain,
  • unrestrained,
  • reiterative,
  • extravagant,
  • unprovoked,
  • wealth,
  • Gainless,
  • unsuited,
  • of no use,
  • plenitude,
  • evitable,
  • unproductive,
  • unworthy,
  • swearword,
  • Tautologous,
  • intemperate,
  • unjust,
  • adscititious,
  • untempered,
  • wordy,
  • impaired,
  • avertable,
  • vain,
  • replaceable,
  • unmerited,
  • iteration,
  • remainder,
  • inane,
  • untimely,
  • insignificant,
  • unsuitable,
  • pleonasm,
  • obsolete,
  • baseless,
  • replication,
  • exuberance,
  • old,
  • abundance,
  • unfair,
  • profusion,
  • unwarranted,
  • unbecoming,
  • inconvenient,
  • unseemly,
  • superabundant,
  • effete,
  • limited,
  • cuss,
  • simple,
  • reiteration,
  • redundance,
  • immoderate,
  • undeserved,
  • too much,
  • subordinate,
  • profitless,
  • improper,
  • in excess,
  • affluence,
  • untoward.

Paraphrases for Unnecessary:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unneeded, needless, superfluous, gratuitous, dispensable.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    needless, superfluous.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    necessary.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    meaningless, unwanted, undesirable, unjustifiable, extraneous, irrelevant, unreasonable, fruitless, vain, unessential, ineffective, unfair, unproductive, inappropriate, supernumerary, senseless, expendable, ineffectual, unfounded, obsolete, excess, essential, groundless, uncalled, required, nonessential, needed, unsubstantiated, nonsensical, useful, unjust, improper, requisite, unsuccessful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unwarranted, pointless, undue, unjustified, futile, unhelpful, wasteful, worthless, Non-essential, excessive, wanton.

Antonyms for Unnecessary:

• adj.

  • all
    necessary.
  • not required
    needed, worthwhile, required, indispensable, valuable.
  • Other antonyms:
    crucial, pressing, urgent, obligatory, all-important, important.

• n.

  • other_words
    mandatory, necessity, requirement.