Dispensable
Dispensable adjective - Not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end.
Usage example: a new invention that renders the old methods eminently dispensable
Optional and dispensable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Optional" instead an adjective "Dispensable".
Optional
Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.
Usage example: at the resort all recreational activities are optional, and you may choose to participate in none of them
Dispensable and optional are semantically related. You can use "Dispensable" instead an adjective "Optional".
Nearby Words: option, optionally
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unessential and dispensable
- unessential and optional
- nonessential and dispensable
- nonessential and optional
- expendable and dispensable
- expendable and optional
- unnecessary and dispensable
- unnecessary and optional
- unwarranted and dispensable
- unwarranted and optional
- needless and dispensable
- needless and optional
- superfluous and dispensable
- superfluous and optional
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