extra

/ˈɛkstrə/

/ˈɛkstrə/

Other forms: extras

Something extra is more than you need or more than you usually have. It's never a bad idea to bake extra chocolate chip cookies.

Sometimes extra things are good, like the extra money you made this month or the extra attention you get on your birthday. Other times, they're not so great: nobody needs extra problems or extra traffic. Extra can also be an adverb, meaning "especially" or "unusually," like when your dog behaves extra well or you plan an extra special party for your friend. Extra comes from extraordinary, from the Latin root extra ordinem, "outside normal events."

Definitions of extra

1. adjective

   more than is needed, desired, or required
   “found some extra change lying on the dresser”

   “extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts”

   synonyms: excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

   unnecessary, unneeded

   not necessary
2. adjective

   further or added
   “need extra help”

   “an extra pair of shoes”

   synonyms: additional

   additive

   characterized or produced by addition
3. adjective

   added to a regular schedule
   synonyms: special

   unscheduled

   not scheduled or not on a regular schedule
4. adverb

   unusually or exceptionally
   “an extra fast car”
5. noun

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

   synonyms: duplicate

   type of:

   artefact, artifact

   a man-made object taken as a whole
6. noun

   a minor actor in crowd scenes
   synonyms: spear carrier, supernumerary

   type of:

   actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian

   a theatrical performer
7. noun

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

   edition

   an issue of a newspaper