SUPERFLUITIES Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

superfluities

noun

plural of superfluity

as in luxuries

something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities

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as in excesses

the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed a superfluity of wire coat hangers from all of those trips to the dry cleaner

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Recent Examples of superfluities If both parties orgasmed, all the better as this would help in the excretion of harmful superfluities. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Many residents were able to buy solar panels, household generators, satellite internet service, and other theretofore unobtainable luxuries.

— Belén Fernández, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
One of the most conspicuous luxuries there now is a Steinway piano.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of luxuries

Noun

In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.

— Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of excesses

Noun

All the bath amenities are from Bvlgari’s white tea collection, with its delicate fragrance.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Other amenities include a standing wave pool, an outdoor skate plaza, a children’s playground, beaches, spas and cold plunges.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of amenities

Noun

The state has been using those surpluses chiefly to build reserves and reduce the state’s hefty pension debt, which still exceeds $30 billion.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Fulton argued the proposition effectively would limit clinics from accumulating surpluses and reserves.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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