Synonyms for surplus
ˈsɜr plʌs, -pləssur·plus

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1. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   lack, deficit

2. surplusnoun

   Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

3. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

4. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

5. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   lack, deficit

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1. surplus

   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, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, waste, wastefulness

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

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1. surplus

   Synonyms:
   redundancy, remainder, rest, overplus, residue, excess, balance

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, deficit, shortcoming

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietyadjective

   a quantity much larger than is needed

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

   Antonyms:
   necessary

2. 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, 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

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1. surplusnoun

   Synonyms:
   overplus, residue, excess, surplusage

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1. surplusnoun

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, excess, overplus, residue, remainder

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1. List of paraphrases for "surplus":

   excess, surpluses, supernumerary, glut, thousand-megawatt, overage, oversupply, remaining, redundant, overages, overproduction, remainder, residual

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How to use surplus in a sentence?

1. Keith Dailey:

   The U.S. likely has a surplus of food right now.

2. Jeff Kilrea:

   There's a surplus of capital providers out there, and some of them are pushing the boundaries of the leveraged lending guidelines.

3. Benjamin Harrison:

   While a Treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious evil. Our revenue should be ample...

4. Marcus Aurelius:

   As if you had died and your life had extended only to this present moment, use the surplus that is left to you to live from this time onward according to nature.

5. Alexander Hardy:

   We're taking a big risk and expect that the studies will be positive, if that's not the case, then we're going to have a surplus.