Qualities
Synonyms for extra
Synonyms for extra: spare and additional. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for extra
- spareadjective, in the sense "more than is needed, desired, or required"
- additionaladjective, in the sense "further or added"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of extra, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
more than is needed, desired, or required
Found some extra change lying on the dresser.
extra in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The waiter brought an extra fork in case someone dropped theirs on the floor.
- She packed an extra set of batteries for the flashlight before the storm hit.
How it behaves: In this sense extra usually functions as an attributive adjective directly before a countable noun, as in extra fork or extra batteries, and appears in everyday spoken and written registers.
The true synonym
spare
Same sentence, swapped: Found some spare change lying on the dresser.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for extra in the sentence quoted.
- special
- above
- super
further or added
An extra pair of shoes.
The true synonym
additional
Same sentence, swapped: An additional pair of shoes.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for extra in the sentence quoted.
- excess
- above
- super
Where extra turns up in the game
extra is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where extra is the trap
- plusadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is positive, in the sense "involving advantage or good", and extra is on the board beside it.
- specialadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is particular, in the sense "surpassing what is common or usual or expected", so extra is there to be ruled out.
- spareadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bare, in the sense "lacking in magnitude or quantity", so extra is there to be ruled out.
- spareadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is trim, in the sense "thin and fit", so extra is there to be ruled out.
Play extra
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so extra reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company extra keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. extra carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.