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Synonyms for Excess
ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛsex·cess

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Antonyms0.0 / 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.

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

    Antonyms:
    dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. excess

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun

    a quantity much larger than is needed

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

    Antonyms:
    necessary

  2. excess, excessiveness, inordinatenessnoun

    immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

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

    Antonyms:
    necessary

  3. surfeit, excess, overabundancenoun

    the state of being more than full

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

    Antonyms:
    necessary

  4. overindulgence, excessadjective

    excessive indulgence

    "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

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

    Antonyms:
    necessary

  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"

    Synonyms:
    superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

    Antonyms:
    necessary

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. excessnoun

    Synonyms:
    superfluity, redundance, redundancy, superabundance

  2. excessnoun

    Synonyms:
    surplus, overplus, remainder

  3. excessnoun

    Synonyms:
    intemperance, dissipation, debauchery

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#284758prodigality
#316834lavishness

How to use Excess in a sentence?

  1. W. Somerset Maugham:

    Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

  2. Chief Executive Officer Mark Wiseman:

    We would look at financing anywhere from a $100 million to in well excess of $1 billion in a single transaction.

  3. Steven Orzack:

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

  4. Phil Slavin:

    When you have one or two years with excess mortality, it means that something was going on. But another thing that really caught my attention is the fact that it wasn't any year -- because it was just seven or eight years before the( plague) actually came to Europe.

  5. Commodities Minister Douglas Uggah Embas:

    The target is to use 10 percent of Malaysia's rubber for this purpose, we hope the excess supply of rubber will be drastically reduced ... and help reduce pressure on prices.


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