extra

Adjective

• further or added
  • called for additional troops
    
  • need extra help
    
  • an extra pair of shoes
    

• added to a regular schedule
  • a special holiday flight
    
  • put on special buses for the big game
    

• 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
    

Adverb

• unusually or exceptionally
  • an extra fast car
    

Noun

• something additional of the same kind
  • he always carried extras in case of an emergency
    

• an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

• a minor actor in crowd scenes

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  additional , special , excess , redundant , spare , supererogatory , superfluous , supernumerary , surplus , duplicate , spear carrier