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incidental

/ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/[ɪnsɪˈdɛ.ɾ̃əl]

incidental adjective: loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.

Adjective

incidental (comparative more incidental, superlative most incidental)

  1. Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
    • That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
    • incidental evidence
  2. Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
    • Injuries are incidental to contact sports: they're going to happen.
    Synonyms:
    accidental
  3. Occurring by chance.
    Synonyms:
    accidental
  4. Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).

Noun

incidental (plural incidentals)

  1. Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
    • She's costing us a lot in incidentals.
  2. Something that is incidental.

incidental meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

incidental in Tamil

ஒன்றைச்சார்ந்து உள்ள இடைவிளைவான

incidental in Urdu

incidental, by accident
اتفاقا ittifāqan

incidental in Bengali

আনুষঙ্গিক, আপতিক, গৌণ

incidental in Telugu

యాదృచ్ఛికం
More languagesFewer languages
incidental in Malayalam
വന്നുകൂടുന്ന, യാദൃശ്ചികമായ, ആകസ്മികമായ, സഹജമായ
incidental in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾಸಂಗಿಕ, ಆನುಷಂಗಿಕ, ಗೌಣ, ಸಂಭವಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
incidental in Indonesian
insidental, sewaktu-waktu

Examples of incidental in a sentence

  • His incidental expenses are high, but he gets the job done.
  • The incidental music helped give the programme its evocative atmosphere.
  • She does not regard her ear-worms as anything other than an incidental irritant in her life.

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Synonyms of incidental

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of incidental

Forms of incidental

Adjective
comparativemore incidental
superlativemost incidental
Noun
pluralincidentals

Origin of incidental

From incident + -al.

Words formed from incidental

Phrases with incidental

Questions about incidental

What does incidental mean?
Incidental means loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
What is incidental in Tamil?
Incidental in Tamil is ஒன்றைச்சார்ந்து உள்ள இடைவிளைவான. See Incidental meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incidental?
Incidental can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce incidental?
Incidental is pronounced /ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/.

Words near incidental in the dictionary

  1. incident reports
  2. incident room
  3. incident rooms
  4. incident ticket system
  5. incident ticket systems
  6. incidental
  7. incidental expense
  8. incidental expenses
  9. incidental music
  10. incidentally
  11. incidentalness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: incidental (page history and authors); incidental (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتفاقا (Urdu) (page history and authors); Incidental (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incidental (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incidental (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incidental (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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