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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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