Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
capable of being dispensed with or done without;
- Example: "dispensable items of personal property"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dispensable \Dis*pen"sa*ble\, a. [LL. dispensabilis. See
Dispense.]
1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.
[1913 Webster]
2. Capable of being dispensed with. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dispensable
adj 1: capable of being dispensed with or done without;
"dispensable items of personal property" [ant:
indispensable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispensable":
admissible, allocated, allowable, apportionable, apportioned,
back-burner, condonable, de trop, defensible, dinky, disposable,
distributable, divisible, excess, excusable, exemptible,
expendable, expiable, expletive, forgivable, gratuitous,
immaterial, in excess, inappreciable, inconsequential,
inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, inoffensive, insignificant,
irrelevant, justifiable, legitimate, little, minor, minute,
needless, negligible, nonessential, not vital, parceled,
pardonable, petit, pleonastic, portioned out, prolix, reasonable,
redundant, remissible, severable, small, spare, supererogatory,
superfluous, tautologic, tautologous, technical, to spare,
uncalled-for, unessential, unimpressive, unnecessary, unneeded,
unnoteworthy, unobjectionable, useless, venial, verbose,
vindicable, warrantable