incidental

Adjective
  1. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence (synset 301862869)
    "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"
    similar to:
    • omissible - capable of being left out
    • parenthetic, parenthetical - qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
    • peripheral - related to the key issue but not of central importance
    • secondary - depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
    same as: incident
  2. Not of prime or central importance (synset 300906416)
    "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"; "the character's motives remain accidental to the plot"
    similar to: inessential, unessential - not basic or fundamental
    same as: accidental, nonessential
  3. Occurring with or following as a consequence (synset 300123654)
    "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
    similar to: subsequent - following in time or order
    same as: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent
Noun
  1. (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified (synset 113327458)
    "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
    domain usage: plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
    is a type of: expense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
    same as: incidental expense, minor expense
  2. An item that is incidental (synset 106494667)
    is a type of: item, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

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