additional

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US, UK/əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/

adjective

Supplemental or added to something.

“additional charge”

Very commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveadditional (not comparable, abbreviation add'l)

abbreviation add'l

  1. not comparableSupplemental or added to something.

    additional charge

    5 more examples

    additional information

    additional resources

    You may be charged an additional fee for late payment.

    The hotel provided additional towels on request.

    Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.

    1961 October 28, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593

    Synonyms: accessional, accessive, additionary, adjunctive, ascititious, auxiliary, complemental, extra

nounadditional (plural additionals)

plural additionals

  1. Something added.

    […] having been well vers’d in British Histories, and a singular lover of Antiquities, [he] made many additionals to the Historie of Cambria published by Dav. Powell […]

    1692, Anthony à Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses, London: Thomas Bennet, page 248
    1 more example

    For having received, from my Lord, an Additional, of great Importance; which was, that Owen, of his own Accord, after Examination, should compare the Case of your Majesty, (if you were Excommunicate,) to the Case, of a Prisoner, Condemned at the Barr; which Additional was subscribed by one Witness; but yet I perceived it was spoken aloud, and in the Hearing of others; I presently sent down a Copy thereof […]

    1614, Francis Bacon, “A Letter to the King touching Peacham’s Cause. January 27. 1614”, in Resuscitatio, or, Bringing into publick light severall pieces of the works […] of Francis Bacon, London: William Lee, published 1657, page 49

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefurther or added

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinadditionalis
  2. Latinadditionalis
  3. Englishadditional

Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἐπίθετος
  • ἐπίθετος (epíthetos)Supplemental or added to
Arabic إِضَافِيّ
  • إِضَافِيّ (ʔiḍāfiyy)Supplemental or added to
Bengali অতিরিক্ত, নফল
  • অতিরিক্ত (otirikto)Supplemental or added to
  • নফল (nophol)Supplemental or added to
Bulgarian допълнителен
  • допълнителен (dopălnitelen)Supplemental or added to
Catalan addicional
  • addicionalSupplemental or added to
Czech dodatečný
  • dodatečnýSupplemental or added to
Dutch bijkomend, aanvullend
  • bijkomendSupplemental or added to
  • aanvullendSupplemental or added to
Esperanto kroma, aldona
  • kromaSupplemental or added to
  • aldonaSupplemental or added to
Finnish lisä-
  • lisä-Supplemental or added to
French additionnel
  • additionnelSupplemental or added to
German zusätzlich
  • zusätzlichSupplemental or added to
Greek επιπλέον
  • επιπλέον (epipléon)Supplemental or added to
Hebrew נוֹסָף
  • נוֹסָף (nosaf)Supplemental or added to
Hindi अतिरिक्त
  • अतिरिक्त (atirikt)Supplemental or added to
Hungarian további, kiegészítő
  • továbbiSupplemental or added to
  • kiegészítőSupplemental or added to
Italian addizionale
  • addizionaleSupplemental or added to
Latin additionalis
  • additionalisSupplemental or added to
Māori piripiri, āpiti
  • piripiriSupplemental or added to
  • āpitiSupplemental or added to
Persian اضافی
  • اضافیSupplemental or added to
Polish dodatkowy
  • dodatkowySupplemental or added to
Portuguese adicional
  • adicionalSupplemental or added to
Romanian adițional
  • adiționalSupplemental or added to
Russian дополни́тельный
  • дополни́тельный (dopolnítelʹnyj)Supplemental or added to
Scottish Gaelic a bharrachd
  • a bharrachdSupplemental or added to
Spanish adicional, extra
  • adicionalSupplemental or added to
  • extraSupplemental or added to
  • de másSupplemental or added to
Swedish ytterligare
  • ytterligareSupplemental or added to
Ukrainian додатко́вий
  • додатко́вий (dodatkóvyj)Supplemental or added to
Welsh atodol
  • atodolSupplemental or added to
Cite this entry
APA

additional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additional

MLA

“additional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additional. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “additional,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additional.

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