Antonyms for excess
ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛsex·cess

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1. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

2. excessnoun

   More than is normal, necessary or specified

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

3. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

4. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

5. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

6. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, want

   Synonyms:
   dissipation, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobriety

   Synonyms:
   advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance

Matched Categories

1. • Fullness
   • Immoderation
   • Overabundance

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun

   a quantity much larger than is needed

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

2. excess, excessiveness, inordinatenessnoun

   immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

3. surfeit, excess, overabundancenoun

   the state of being more than full

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surfeit, surplusage, overabundance, overmuchness, inordinateness, glut, excessiveness, oversupply, repletion, surplus, nimiety, superabundance, overindulgence, overmuch

4. overindulgence, excessadjective

   excessive indulgence

   "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

5. excess, 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"

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   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

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1. 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?

1. Mizuho Securities analyst Irina Koffler:

   Valeant( may need) to pay in excess of the 50-100 bps in fees and/or interest expense hypothesized by our bond desk for its covenant amendments.

2. Maria Van Kerkhove:

   We learned from the report that... if you look at the trends in influenza-like illness, in excess mortality, it's clear that there was circulation of this virus earlier, that there was likely widespread circulation in December. That's really, really important, the area of work in the report that wasn't covered in detail was the lab, and the lab audit, and the lab hypothesis.

3. James Reynolds:

   On average, UK adults consume 200-300 excess calories a day, this study shows that reducing portion sizes and the availability of higher calorie options in cafeterias could make an important contribution to reducing excess calories.

4. Steven Orzack:

   Overall, more females die during pregnancy than do males. So that's why there's an excess number of males at birth.

5. Linus Torvalds:

   Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.

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