skippable
Fine to ignore
Skippable describes something that can be passed over without missing anything essential: The tutorial is skippable if you already know the basics.
The word appears most often with digital content—skippable ads, skippable cutscenes, skippable chapters.
It implies optional or dispensable: Most of the middle section is skippable.
Able to disregard
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
- trivialLacking significance or weight
minor · trifling · immaterial · inessential · dispensable · expendable · forgettable · missable
Able to withstand cleaning
Chosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- voluntaryDone by choice
- noncompulsoryNot required by rule
- nonobligatoryNot compulsory or mandated
choosable · unrequired · opt-out · nonmandatory · permissive · flexible · at-will · take-it-or-leave-it
ignorable
Able to disregard
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- negligibleToo small to consider
trivial · minor · trifling · immaterial · inessential · dispensable · expendable · forgettable · missable · passable
scrubbable
Able to withstand cleaning
cutscene · buffering · timestamp · preview · trailer · credits
elective
Chosen, not mandated
- discretionarySubject to personal judgment
- voluntaryDone by choice
- noncompulsoryNot required by rule
nonobligatory · choosable · unrequired · opt-out · nonmandatory · permissive · flexible · at-will · take-it-or-leave-it · waivable
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- ad inventoryairtime, avails, spot, time slot, ad buy
skippableunskippable
Cannot be passed over
mandatory · required · compulsory · obligatory · unavoidable
skippableessential
Fundamentally necessary
crucial · indispensable · must-see · unmissable · vital
- skippable adsAds viewers can dismiss