extras
Crowd scene players
Extras are additional items beyond what's standard or expected.
A movie's extras are the unnamed performers who populate background scenes.
In cricket, extras are runs scored without the batsman hitting the ball.
On a bill, extras are charges beyond the base price.
The word often implies optional additions: The car comes with leather seats and other extras.
In film production, to work as an extra is entry-level acting work requiring no lines.
Additional job advantages
- incentivesRewards prompting action
- bonusesAdded compensation beyond wages
- rewardsBenefits given for merit
- freebiesItems given without charge
add-ons · benefits · gratuities · perquisites · premiums · gifts · giveaways · complimentary
Superfluous decorative elements
- luxuriesNon-essential costly pleasures
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- trimmingsExtras that complete something
- embellishmentsDecorative extras added on
bells and whistles · superfluities · amenities · adornments · trappings · flourishes · accessories · add-ons
Minor performers in productions
- walk-onsSmall nonspeaking roles
- supernumerariesAdditional performers beyond required
- crowdLarge public gathering
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
Uneaten food kept afterward
- sparesBackup items kept available
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- excessSurplus beyond need
remainders · overflow · backups · reserves · duplicates · redundancies · overage · superfluity
perks
Additional job advantages
- incentivesRewards prompting action
- bonusesAdded compensation beyond wages
- rewardsBenefits given for merit
freebies · add-ons · benefits · gratuities · perquisites · premiums · gifts · giveaways · complimentary · lagniappe
frills
Superfluous decorative elements
- luxuriesNon-essential costly pleasures
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- trimmingsExtras that complete something
embellishments · bells and whistles · superfluities · amenities · adornments · trappings · flourishes · accessories · add-ons · niceties
bit players
Minor performers in productions
- walk-onsSmall nonspeaking roles
- supernumerariesAdditional performers beyond required
- crowdLarge public gathering
leftovers
Uneaten food kept afterward
- sparesBackup items kept available
- overstockSurplus goods beyond demand
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
excess · remainders · overflow · backups · reserves · duplicates · redundancies · overage · superfluity · glut
- stuffthings, items, objects, stuff, goods
- show businessactors, actresses, directors, producers, entertainers
- add-onsadd-on, add-ons, add-ins, upgrade, upgrades
- movie creditsdirector, producer, writer, cast, editor
- theater peopleactors, actor, directors, actresses, actress
- extrasadd-ons, add-on, addition, supplements, accessories
extrasessentials
Indispensable items or elements
necessities · basics · fundamentals · requirements · must-haves
extrasleads
Goes in front
stars · principals · main characters · protagonists · headliners
- extra creditOptional work for higher grades
- go the extra mileSurpass what's asked
- extra mileEffort past expectations
- extra largeLargest common retail size
- extreme heatSevere high temperature
- vanilla extractConcentrated bean-based flavoring
extra, extreme, extract, extraordinary, extremity, extraneous, extrovert, extrapolate, extradite