Grade 7

nonessential (non-es-sen-tial)

Definition


adjective.
not necessary or essential

Example Sentence

Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.

Synonyms

unnecessary; unimportant; trivial

Antonyms

necessary; essential

Rhymes

  • hentschel

  • credential
  • essential
  • potential
  • prudential
  • sequential
  • tangential
  • torrential

  • confidential
  • consequential
  • deferential
  • differential
  • existential
  • exponential
  • influential
  • nonessential
  • preferential
  • presidential
  • providential
  • quintessential
  • residential
  • reverential

  • inconsequential
  • jurisprudential
  • nonresidential
  • vice-presidential