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excess
1. a quantity much larger than is needed (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
surplus, surplusage, nimiety
• Hypernyms:
overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
2. immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
excessiveness, inordinateness
• Derivationally related forms:
inordinate (for: inordinateness), excessive (for: excessiveness)
• Hypernyms:
immoderation, immoderateness
• Hyponyms:
extravagance, extravagancy, exorbitance, outrageousness, overplus,
plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
3. the state of being more than full
• Syn:
surfeit, overabundance
• Derivationally related forms:
surfeit (for: surfeit)
• Hypernyms:
fullness
4. excessive indulgence
- the child was spoiled by overindulgence
• Syn:
overindulgence
• Derivationally related forms:
overindulgent (for: overindulgence), overindulge (for: overindulgence)
• Hypernyms:
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
more than is needed, desired, or required (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Syn:
extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous,
supernumerary, surplus
• Similar to:
unnecessary, unneeded
• Derivationally related forms:
supernumerary (for: supernumerary), superfluity (for: superfluous), redundance (for: redundant), redundancy (for: redundant)
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