Definition of supervenientnext
as in irrelevant
not being a vital part of or belonging to something he painted his landscapes for self-fulfillment, regarding financial rewards as supervenient to his reason for doing them

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervenient
Adjective
  • Without ownership, documentation becomes a museum exhibit that may be informative but irrelevant.
    Raheel Sheikh, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • No detail, no matter how incomplete or far-fetched, was irrelevant to their search.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • Anyone that wanted to reserve time in the July 19 final was beholden to a full-tourney pledge of as much as $30 million, although your mileage will vary based on any number of extrinsic variables.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That authorization was broad and encompassed Gastineau’s name and likeness as reflected in extrinsic footage, such as that of the encounter with Favre.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • If internal promotion rates fall and companies lean harder on external senior hires who do not yet exist in sufficient numbers, the warnings from Cortez, DDI, and Korn Ferry will have been correct.
    Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Meta is also working to cut its ballooning AI spending by reducing reliance on costly external tools.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • By comparison, digital computers’ silicon substrates seem alien and unrelatable.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Fire departments have also partnered with the APA to hand out buckets so consumer fireworks users can douse used fireworks, reducing the risk of accidental fires.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • While many may have had one as children, the inception of the toy was accidental.
    Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 29 June 2026
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“Supervenient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervenient. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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