What are some opposite words for excess?
Antonyms for excess
ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛsex·cess
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term excess.
Wiktionary
excessnoun
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deficiencyexcessnoun
More than is normal, necessary or specified
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deficiencyexcessnoun
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deficiencyexcessnoun
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deficiencyexcessnoun
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deficiencyexcessnoun
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deficiency
English Synonyms and Antonyms
excess
Excess is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in excess of income is extravagance; we may have also extravagance of language, professions, etc. As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. Surplus is neutral, having none of the unfavorable meaning that often attaches to excess; a surplus is that which remains over after all demands are met. Redundance or redundancy refers chiefly to literary style, denoting an excess of words or matter. Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.
Antonyms:
dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, wantSynonyms:
dissipation, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
excess
Antonyms:
deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobrietySynonyms:
advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance
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Princeton's WordNet
excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun
a quantity much larger than is needed
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necessarySynonyms:
surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgenceexcess, excessiveness, inordinatenessnoun
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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necessarySynonyms:
surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgencesurfeit, excess, overabundancenoun
the state of being more than full
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necessarySynonyms:
surfeit, surplusage, overabundance, overmuchness, inordinateness, glut, excessiveness, oversupply, repletion, surplus, nimiety, superabundance, overindulgence, overmuchoverindulgence, excessadjective
excessive indulgence
"the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
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necessarySynonyms:
surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgenceexcess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
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necessarySynonyms:
superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
excessnoun
Synonyms:
superabundance, superfluity, redundancy, redundance, overplus, surplus, surplusage, residue, remainder exuberance, rampancy, overdoing, exorbitance, immoderation, debauchery, dissoluteness, intemperance, immoderation
How to use excess in a sentence?
Stores that boost inventory to meet just the in-store pickup demand face a risk of being stuck with excess.
An FDA intervention, such as determining maximum levels for 4-MEI in beverages, could be a valuable approach to reducing excess cancer risk attributable to 4-MEI exposure in the U.S. population.
If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea.
You had a bunch of strong years back then because we were in the midst of a tech bubble and there was no cap on valuations. Now we have real legitimate companies but there's not the same sign of excess valuation.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye:
Daily departing seats over the summer will average 104,000 — giving a daily excess of 4,000 seats. On average only about 1,500 of these 4,000 daily seats have currently been sold to passengers.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#1105 | necessary | |
#1779 | economy | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2498 | lack | |
#3761 | poverty | |
#4133 | excess | |
#10327 | defect | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#31954 | insufficiency | |
#38214 | temperance | |
#41208 | sobriety | |
#43809 | inadequacy | |
#47177 | dearth | |
#55818 | shortcoming | |
#95106 | frugality | |
#95248 | destitution |
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