SURCHARGE Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈsər-ˌchärj

as in to gouge

to charge (someone) too much for goods or services contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly

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noun

as in surtax

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Recent Examples of surcharge

Verb

But last month, SpaceX raised the demand surcharge to $500, then $750 before finally escalating it to an eye-popping $1,000. —

PC Magazine, 21 July 2025 That surcharge alone erodes a meaningful slice of Qatar’s margin advantage over Henry-Hub-linked U.S. cargoes and is already pencilled into 2026 LNG tender models. —

Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

Noun

Amid the budget talks, changes to a prescription drug plan that helps safety-net hospitals and a ban on credit card surcharge fees, which Pritzker signed into law two years ago, also remained unresolved. —

Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026 Also, be sure to double-check whether there is a surcharge for paying with a credit card. —

Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for surcharge

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surcharge

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Despite more than 2,000 county gouging complaints and an Altadena family’s lawsuit alleging illegally tripled rent, officials say regular market forces and existing rent controls will now dictate prices.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Adele got a nonspeaking part in the human machine that would gouge the prisoner’s sentence into the officer’s body.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026