Don't carry anything to excess.
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Excess
//ˈɛksɛs//
Synonyms for "excess" (226 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (67)
exaggerationexcessiveexcessivenessexorbitanceexorbitancyexpansionexpendableexpletiveextortionatenessextraextravaganceextremeextremismextremityfalse claimfatfloodflowgiveglut
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gluttonygrandiloquencegratuitousgreatheighteninghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationimproprietyin excessinappropriatenessincontinenceindisciplineindulgenceinflationinordinacyinordinanceinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenessinundationinvalid claimlack of claimleftoverleftoversmagnificationmuchneedlessnimietyno claim
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (113)
nonessentialoutrageousnessoverabundanceoverageoverbalanceoverdoingoveremphasisoverestimationoverflowoverflowingovergrowthoverkillovermeasureovermuchoverpassoverplusoverproductionoverrunoverrunningoverspill
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overspreadingoverstatementoverstockoversupplypleonasticplethorapluspreposterousnessprodigalityprodigiousnessprofitprofligacyprofusenessprofusionprolixpufferypuffing upradicalismredundancyredundantremainderremainingresidualresiduerestsaturnaliaself-indulgenceself-restraintsensationalismsparestretchingsuperabundancesuperabundantsupererogationsuperfluitysuperfluoussuperioritysuperlativesupernumerarysupplementarysurplusageswinishnesstall talktautologictautologousto sparetoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestyuncalled foruncalled-forunconscionablenessunconstraintuncontrolundeservednessundeservingnessunduenessunentitlednessunessentialunmeritednessunnecessaryunneededunreasonablenessunrestraintverbose
Noun(19 words)
Adjective(6 words)
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136 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπερβολή noun (state of surpassing limits)
Bulgarian
2 entries- излишък noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- невъздържаност noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
Catalan
2 entries- excés noun (state of surpassing limits)
- excés noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 啟動費 /启动费 noun (insurance condition)
- 墊底費 /垫底费 noun (insurance condition)
- 起步價 /起步价 noun (insurance condition)
- 過剩 /过剩 noun (state of surpassing limits)
Czech
1 entries- spoluúčast noun (insurance condition)
Dutch
3 entries- eigen risico noun (insurance condition)
- overtreffen noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- teveel noun (state of surpassing limits)
Esperanto
3 entries- eksceso noun (state of surpassing limits)
- eksceso noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- troo noun (state of surpassing limits)
Finnish
4 entries- ero noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- kohtuuttomuus noun (state of surpassing limits)
- liiallisuus noun (state of surpassing limits)
- liiallisuus noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
French
4 entries- en excès adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- en trop adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- excès noun (state of surpassing limits)
- excès noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Galician
1 entries- exceso noun (state of surpassing limits)
Georgian
4 entries- გადამეტება noun (state of surpassing limits)
- გადაჭარბება noun (state of surpassing limits)
- ზედმეტობა noun (state of surpassing limits)
- სიჭარბე noun (state of surpassing limits)
German
4 entries- Eigenbeteiligung noun (insurance condition)
- Franchise noun (insurance condition)
- Kostenbeteiligung noun (insurance condition)
- Selbstbehalt noun (insurance condition)
Greek
1 entries- υπερβολή noun (state of surpassing limits)
Hindi
4 entries- अधिकता adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- अधिकता noun (state of surpassing limits)
- अधिकता noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- बहुलता noun (state of surpassing limits)
Hungarian
4 entries- felesleg noun (state of surpassing limits)
- fölösleg noun (state of surpassing limits)
- különbözet noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- mértéktelenség noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
Ido
2 entries- eceso noun (state of surpassing limits)
- eceso noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Irish
3 entries- ainmheasarthacht noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
- anbharr noun (state of surpassing limits)
- breis noun (state of surpassing limits)
Italian
4 entries- in eccesso adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- eccedenza noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- eccesso noun (state of surpassing limits)
- franchigia noun (insurance condition)
Khmer
1 entries- ចំនួនលើស noun (state of surpassing limits)
Korean
2 entries- 우수리 noun (state of surpassing limits)
- 우수리 noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Latin
1 entries- nimium noun (state of surpassing limits)
Malay
1 entries- lebihan noun (state of surpassing limits)
Malayalam
1 entries- അധിക adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
Māori
4 entries- hemihemi adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- hemihemi noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- tuhene noun (state of surpassing limits)
- tuhene noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Norwegian
1 entries- utskeielse noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- eksess noun (state of surpassing limits)
- overskudd noun (state of surpassing limits)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eksess noun (state of surpassing limits)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Äwafluss noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- Äwamot noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Polish
4 entries- nadmiar noun (state of surpassing limits)
- nadmiar noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- nadmiar noun (geometry: spherical excess)
- nadwyżka noun (state of surpassing limits)
Portuguese
4 entries- excedente noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- excesso noun (state of surpassing limits)
- excesso noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
- excessivo verb (Excessive)
Romanian
4 entries- abuz noun (state of surpassing limits)
- exagerare noun (state of surpassing limits)
- exagerare noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- exces noun (state of surpassing limits)
Russian
4 entries- избы́ток noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- изли́шек noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- невозде́ржанность noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
- неуме́ренность noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
Spanish
4 entries- deducible noun (insurance condition)
- exceso noun (state of surpassing limits)
- franquicia noun (insurance condition)
- excesivo verb (Excessive)
Swahili
4 entries- zaidi noun (state of surpassing limits)
- zaidi noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
- zaidi noun (undue indulgence of the appetite)
- zaidi noun (geometry: spherical excess)
Swedish
3 entries- självrisk noun (insurance condition)
- överskott noun (state of surpassing limits)
- överskott noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Turkish
2 entries- fazlalık adj (more than is normal, necessary or specified)
- fazlalık noun (state of surpassing limits)
Ukrainian
2 entries- на́дмір noun (state of surpassing limits)
- на́дмір noun (degree by which one thing exceeds another)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự dư thừa noun (state of surpassing limits)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
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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