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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for incidental

Noun

1. incidental expense, incidental, minor expense, expense
usage: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"
2. incidental, item, point
usage: an item that is incidental

Adjective

1. incidental (vs. basic), incident, omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary
usage: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "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"
2. accompanying, attendant, concomitant, incidental, incidental to(predicate), related (vs. unrelated), related to
usage: following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"
3. incidental, nonessential, inessential (vs. essential), unessential
usage: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA
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