Redundant — synonyms, definition

1. redundant (a) Brit, Cdn

continual dull excess excessive incessant loquacious overflowing plethoric profuse prolix repetitious repetitive superfluous verbose wordy

2. redundant (Adjective) Brit, Cdn

extra pleonastic riffed spare supererogatory supernumerary surplus tautologic tautological

redundant (Adjective) — More than is needed, desired, or required. ex. "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant" ex. "skills made redundant by technological advance"

redundant (Adjective) — Repetition of same sense in different words. ex. "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"

redundant (Adjective) — Laid off work because the job position was no longer needed.

redundant (Adjective) — (computing) duplicating the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in case of failure.