Synonyms of superfluity

superfluity

noun

ˌsü-pər-ˈflü-ə-tē 

1

as in luxury

something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary

spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• luxury
• amenity
• indulgence
• extra
• comfort
• frill
• extravagance
• option
• nonessential
• nicety
• accessory
• treat
• dainty
• delicacy
• bells and whistles
• accoutrement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• must
• necessity
• requirement
• essential
• fundamental
• basic

2

as in surplus

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surplus
• excess
• abundance
• overflow
• sufficiency
• overabundance
• surplusage
• surfeit
• superabundance
• oversupply
• plethora
• overplus
• redundancy
• overage
• overkill
• bellyful
• plus
• overmuch
• fat
• bounty
• plenty
• profusion
• overproduction
• plentitude
• overstock

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deficiency
• insufficiency
• deficit
• lack
• scarcity
• dearth
• undersupply
• want

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of superfluity

The Cullinan, which went on sale in 2018 and is now in its second generation, oozes superfluity, and that's totally fine. — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026

After which, see its superfluity yet again relative to market entities that have long and capably filled central bank functions of providing near-term liquidity to the solvent, along with regulation to ensure sound operation based on those loans. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025

The images aren’t only stripped of superfluities; they’re hermetically sealed off from anything that could impinge from offscreen, from the world at large. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

Randomness emerges as the missing ingredient, the defence against superfluity, the guarantor that any person is, in fact, the only self. — Hazlitt, 12 June 2024