Thesaurus / gratuitous
FEEDBACKsynonyms for gratuitous
synonyms for gratuitous
- unwarranted
- baseless
- wanton
- needless
- unjustified
- groundless
- superfluous
- unfounded
- assumed
- bottomless
- indefensible
- uncalled-for
- unessential
- inessential
- supererogatory
- unsupportable
- unprovoked
- causeless
- reasonless
- unmerited
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- costly
- proven
- justified
- necessary
- grounded
- reasonable
- called-for
- deserved
- expensive
- needed
- warranted
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One fellow entertainer suggested the conversion was a “gratuitous” effort to curry favor with Jewish nightclub owners and audiences.
THE HISTORY FUELING DOUBTS OVER BRITNEY SPEARS’S RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONREBECCA DAVISAUGUST 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA baronet scientifically skilled in pugilism, enjoyed no pleasure so much as giving gratuitous instructions in his favorite art.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS“I dare say that looked very much like a gratuitous impertinence from—the packer,” he observed.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSSuch are the ideas which the dogma of gratuitous predestination gives of Divinity!
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERMuch difficulty arose, in the distribution of gratuitous supplies of food, from the routine of the public offices.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANIn consequence, they have imagined many gratuitous suppositions to explain the union of the soul with the body.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHThe generous cords of Burroughs' haversack and canteen were unloosed and their gratuitous contents speedily disappeared.
REMINISCENCES OF THE GUILFORD GRAYS, CO. B., 27TH N.C. REGIMENTJOHN A. SLOANSo far this was a gratuitous act of the government; but in the following month it assumed a very different character.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XVIVARIOUSThe word “is” in the translations, although marked with brackets, is not deemed wholly gratuitous.
THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAMHENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFTThe plan proposed the gratuitous grant of the country to the respective tribes, and their removal to it at government expense.
THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAMHENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFTSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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