English adjective: incident | |||
1. | incident falling or striking of light rays on something | ||
Samples | Incident light. | ||
2. | incident (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence | ||
Samples | Incidental expenses. The road will bring other incidental advantages. Extra duties incidental to the job. Labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion. Confusion incidental to a quick change. | ||
Synonyms | incidental | ||
Similar | omissible, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, secondary | ||
Antonyms | basic | ||
English noun: incident | |||
1. | incident (event) a single distinct event | ||
Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cause celebre, contagion, infection, scene, sideshow, transmission | ||
Part meronym | episode | ||
2. | incident (state) a public disturbance | ||
Samples | The police investigated an incident at the bus station. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do | ||