gratuitous[adjective]Synonyms:- free, complimentary, gratis, spontaneous, unasked-for, unpaid, unrewarded, voluntary
- unjustified, baseless, causeless, groundless, needless, superfluous, uncalled-for, unmerited, unnecessary, unwarranted, wanton
Related Words: voluntary,
willing,
indefensible,
reasonless,
unsupportable [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
gra‧tu‧i‧tous /ɡrəˈtjuːətəs, ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs $ -ˈtuː-/
adjective[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: gratuitus, from gratus; ⇒ grateful]
said or done without a good reason, in a way that offends someone
Synonym : unnecessary:
children’s books which include gratuitous violence—gratuitously adverb:
There is no point in gratuitously antagonizing people. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲