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excess

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of excess

being over what is needed

any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless

Synonyms of excess

extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

Words Related to excess

accessory, additional, supplemental, supplementary

de trop, dispensable, extraneous, gratuitous, needless, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, plenteous, plentiful

Near Antonyms of excess

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shortish, skimpy, sparse

excess

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of excess

1 the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed

a new television season with an excess of sitcoms featuring wisecracking teenagers

Synonyms of excess

bellyful, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage

Words Related to excess

abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency

overproduction, overstock

Near Antonyms of excess

dearth, lack, scarcity, want

Antonyms of excess

deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply

2 a propensity for extremes in one's actions, beliefs, or habits

the wretched excess that is so often found in the world of show business

Synonyms of excess

excessiveness, exorbitance, immoderacy, immoderation, insobriety, intemperance, intemperateness, nimiety

Words Related to excess

extravagance, prodigality

extremism, irrationality, radicalism, unreasonableness

Antonyms of excess

moderateness, moderation, temperance, temperateness

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