Asked in: SSC Steno 2026 T-1 · SSC CPO 2025 T-1
superfluous in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC CPO 2025 T-1 Antonyms
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: Superfluous
Answer & explanation
Answer: C) Essential
Correct Answer: Option 3 — Essential
SUPERFLUOUS means more than what is needed; unnecessary or excessive. Its antonym must mean something that is necessary and indispensable.
'Essential' means absolutely necessary — the direct antonym of superfluous.
Why others are wrong:
Option 1 (Redundant): Means more than needed — a synonym of superfluous.
Option 2 (Unnecessary): Means not needed — also a synonym of superfluous.
Option 4 (Extra): Means additional or surplus — also similar in meaning to superfluous. - SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Antonyms
What is the antonym of "Superfluous"?
Answer & explanation
Answer: B) Essential
Meaning: superfluous = more than is needed, surplus, able to be cut out *(आवश्यकता से अधिक, अनावश्यक)*.
From Latin super- ("over") + fluere ("to flow") — literally *overflowing*, so much that it spills.
An antonym must therefore name what cannot be cut out.
essential = absolutely necessary, belonging to the very being of a thing *(अनिवार्य, आवश्यक)* — from Latin *esse*, "to be".
*Water is essential to life* is the clean reversal of *water is superfluous to life*.
Why the others are wrong.
• excessive = far more than is normal or proper *(अत्यधिक, हद से ज़्यादा)* — a synonym, sitting on the same "too much" side.
• unnecessary = not needed *(अनावश्यक)* — the closest synonym of all; *superfluou
superfluous – questions
Has superfluous been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – superfluous has been asked 2 times in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1, SSC CPO 2025 T-1.