Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Adjective
S: (adj) excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus (more than is needed, desired, or required) "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
S: (adj) pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautological (repetition of same sense in different words) "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
W: (n) redundancy [Related to: redundant] (the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded) "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"
W: (n) tautology [Related to: tautological] ((logic) a statement that is necessarily true) "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
W: (adj) tautological (repetition of same sense in different words) "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant