Synonyms for Excess | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "excess" (261 found)

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Closest matches (53)

Noun(21 words)

overabundance surplus excessiveness glut nimiety overindulgence surfeit surplusage abundance acrasia acrasy bacchanalia bacchanals bingeing copiousness decadency deductible devouring exceeding excrescence

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excrescences

abandon aggrandizement amplification balance ballyhoobig talkblowing upburlesque caricature crapulence crapulency crapulousnessde tropdebauchery dilatation dilation disentitlement dispensable dissipation dissoluteness

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drunkenness embarrassmentempty claimempty titleenhancement enlargement exaggerating exaggeration excessive excessiveness exorbitance exorbitancy

Strong matches (78)

expansion expendable expletive extortionateness extra extravagance extreme extremism extremityfalse claimfat flood flow give glut gluttony grandiloquence gratuitous great heightening

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Adjective(1 words)

extra

Noun(20 words)

extravagance exuberance fecundity fertileness fertility fruitfulness fulth gluts glutting immoderation incontinence indulgence inordinateness intemperance luxuriamore thanmountain overage overages overdose

Verb(1 words)

hogging

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Noun(38 words)

overfill overflow overfullness overindulging overload overmuches overplus overquantity overreach overreaction overruns overshoot overshot oversum overuse plenteousness plentifulness plentyplenty to spareplethora

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productiveness profusion redundantshowiness in designsuperabundance superabundances superaddition superfluity superfluous superfluousness superflux superplus surfeiting surfeits surpluses uberty ug unnecessary

Verb(3 words)

overreaching surplused surplussed

Adjective(7 words)

redundant spare supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplussurplus resource

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

18 entries

amount behavior conductdegree descriptorfullness humoring humouring immoderateness immoderation indulgence indulging overabundance overmuch overmuchness pampering qualifier

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More specific

7 entries

extravagance overage overindulgence overmuch superfluous surfeit undue

Collocations

11 entries

excess baggageexcess caloriesexcess forceexcess inventoryexcess packagingexcess waterexcessive forceexcessive noiseexcessive spendingexcessive sugarin excess of

Inflections

3 entries

excessesmore excessivemost excessive

Derivations

3 entries

excessive excessively excessiveness

similar

2 entries

unnecessary unneeded

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't carry anything to excess.

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Exercise, if carried to excess, will do you more harm than good.

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The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.

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In this season we often suffer from an excess of rain.

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Excess