incidental

🇺🇸 /ˌɪnsɪˈdentl/ 🇬🇧 /ˌɪnsɪˈdentl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
adjective
R

happening along with something else but not the main part

The extra cost was incidental to our main purchase.

R

happening as a natural result

The noise is incidental to living in a busy city.

noun
R

a small extra thing that happens along with something else

We budgeted for travel incidentals like snacks and souvenirs.

translation

adj. happening along with something else but not the main part; happening as a natural result
n. a small extra thing that happens along with something else

Word Forms

Plural incidentals