extra
Syllables: ex·tra/ˈɛkstɹə/
extra adjective: beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
Adjective
extra (not generally comparable, comparative more extra, superlative most extra)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
- Kellogg himself became the biggest on-site celeb of all, delivering a weekly ‘Question Box’ lecture in which he explained that tobacco destroyed testicles, and that Ancient Rome had only fallen because the decadent Senators had started tossing their slaves into cookery pots to lend their food extra...2018, S. D. Tucker, “Doctor Poolittle”, in Quacks! Dodgy Doctors and Foolish Fads Throughout History, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147
- Extraordinarily good; superior.
- Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
- You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
- I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.2017, Yael Livneh, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23
Adverb
extra (not comparable)
- To an extraordinary degree.
- That day he ran to school extra fast.
Noun
extra (plural extras)
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- Synonyms:
- addition, supplement
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
- Extra, extra! Read all about it!
- A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- Synonyms:
- sundry
- A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
- Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends), as a form of punishment.
extra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
extra in Hindi
- beyond what is due, usual
- अतिरिक्त atirikt
- to an extraordinary degree
- असाधारण asādhāraṇ, असामान्य asāmānya
extra in Tamil
- மிகையான, கூடுதலான, மேலதிகம்
extra in Urdu
- extra
- باقی bāqī
extra in Bengali
- extra
- ইজাফা ijapha, বাকি baki, উপর upor
More languagesFewer languages
- extra in Telugu
- జాస్తి jāsti, పై pai
- extra in Malayalam
- അധിക adhika
- extra in Kannada
- ಅಧಿಕವಾದದ್ದು, ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನದು, ನಟ
- extra in Gujarati
- બાકી bākī
- extra in Sinhala
- අතිරේක atirēka
- extra in Assamese
- বাকী baki
- extra in Nepali
- बाँकी bā̃kī
- extra in Indonesian
- ekstra
- extra in Thai
- พิเศษ pí-sèet, เพิ่ม pə̂əm, เว่อร์ wə̂ə
- extra in Vietnamese
- thêm, cực
Examples of extra in a sentence
- Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.2017 November, Claire Craig, “#Instabeauty”, in Northern Woman, page 48:
- Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21...
Synonyms of extra
Forms of extra
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more extra |
| superlative | most extra |
| Noun | |
| plural | extras |
Origin of extra
Abbreviation of extraordinary.
Words formed from extra
- ab extra
- extra attacker
- extra base hit
- extracondensed
- extra cover
- extra dictionem
- extra ends
- extra extra extra large
- extra extra extra small
- extra extra large
- extra extra small
- extra inning
- extra innings
- extra large
- extralong
- extraness
- extraordinary
- extra pair of hands
- extra point
- extra service
- extra small
- extra time
- extra virgin
- exurb
- go the extra mile
- superextra
- with extra steps
- extra credit
- Romsey Extra
- sextra
- wuxtry
Phrases with extra
- extra covers
- extra larges
- extra points
- extra smalls
- extra credits
- extra virgins
- extra services
- extra attackers
- extra base hits
- extra extra larges
- extra extra smalls
- goes the extra mile
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about extra
- What does extra mean?
- Extra means beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- What is extra in Hindi?
- Extra in Hindi is अतिरिक्त (atirikt), असाधारण (asādhāraṇ), असामान्य (asāmānya). See Extra meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use extra in a sentence?
- Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
- What part of speech is extra?
- Extra can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce extra?
- Extra is pronounced /ˈɛkstɹə/.
Words near extra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extra (page history and authors); extra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); باقی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ইজাফা (Bengali) (page history and authors); జాస్తి (Telugu) (page history and authors); extra (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); બાકી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); අතිරේක (Sinhala) (page history and authors); বাকী (Assamese) (page history and authors); बाँकी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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