extra

More than the usual amount, or added to what you already have.

• We need an extra chair.
• She earns extra money at weekends.
• Take extra care on the wet roads.

Similar words: additional, more, further

Common phrases: extra time, extra money, extra help

Behaving in a way that seems too dramatic or too much for the situation.

• You are being extra today.
• That huge entrance was a little extra.
• She wore three crowns because she likes being extra.

Similar words: overdramatic, over the top

Common phrases: so extra, being extra, a little extra

More than usual, or to a greater degree.

• Be extra careful here.
• I bought an extra large shirt.
• She worked extra hard before the exam.

Similar words: especially, particularly

Common phrases: extra large, extra careful, extra hard, extra fast

An additional feature or service, often costing more than the basic product.

• Breakfast is an optional extra.
• The car comes with several useful extras.
• How much do these extras cost?

Similar words: add-on, additional feature

Common phrases: optional extra, extras included, pay for extras

Someone in a film or television scene who has a small background role, usually without speaking.

• He worked as an extra.
• The director needed fifty extras for the crowd scene.
• An extra stood behind the two main actors.

Similar words: background actor

Common phrases: film extra, as an extra, hire an extra

A newspaper issue printed outside its normal schedule to report important new events.

• The newspaper printed an extra.
• Street sellers shouted about the evening extra.
• An extra announced the end of the war.

Similar words: special edition

Common phrases: newspaper extra, print an extra, special extra

Behavior that seems unnecessarily dramatic or excessive.

• I cannot handle your extra today.
• There was so much extra over one tiny mistake.
• All this extra is making a simple task difficult.

Similar words: drama, excess

Common phrases: all this extra, so much extra, your extra today