Synonyms for Excessive

Synonyms for "excessive" (221 found)

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Closest matches (45)

Adjective(9 words)

extravagant inordinate undue delirious draconian excrescent exorbitant extra exuberant

a bit muchabandoned acute aggrandized amplified ballyhooed bibulous boundless breakneck cloying crapulent crapulous cutthroat cutting disgusting disproportionate dissipated dizzy drastic egregious

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enormous exacting exaggerated excess exorbitant extortionate extravagant extreme fabulous fanatical fancy fierce

Noun(4 words)

absurd binging blitzing dripping

Strong matches (66)

Noun(6 words)

flooding heaping outsize outsizes overburdening overextending

Adjective(9 words)

florid harsh hyper lush ornate outsized overabundant overactive overdecorated

fulsome furious gigantic glaring gluttonous gouge gouging grandiloquent great grossgrossly overpricedheavy highhigh flownhigh-flown hyperbolic hypertrophied immoderate improper inappropriate

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incontinent indulgent inflated inflationary inordinate intemperate intense keen labored large lavish limitless magnified monstrous nauseating needlessout of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutrageous over overbig overboard overdeveloped overdone overdrawn overemphasized overemphatic overestimated

Verb(2 words)

overachieved overcompensated

Related words (110)

Adjective(17 words)

overgenerous oversized overweeningpathologic diagnosispiggiest punitive rampantredundant networkredundant storagereflexive tearingridiculous silly superabundant superfluous uncalled unnecessary unreasonable

overgreat overgrown overindulgent overindulging overlarge overmuch overpraised overpriced oversold overstated overstressed overweening overwrought piercing plentiful preposterous pricey prodigal profligate profuse

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Noun(14 words)

overmuches overplus overproducing overrun overshooting overspending overtaxing overusing surfeiting surplusingtoo largeultra usurping wallowing

Verb(5 words)

overpowered overproduced overreached overreaching surplused

Preposition(1 words)

past the point

Adjective(1 words)

redundant

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

adjectiveaesthetic descriptordegree adjective

More specific

8 entries

exorbitant extremeharsh sanctionimmoderate inordinateornate motifornate stylepunitive measure

Collocations

6 entries

excessive burdenexcessive consumptionexcessive forceexcessive noiseexcessive riskexcessive spending

Inflections

2 entries

more excessivemost excessive

Derivations

2 entries

excessively excessiveness

similar

2 entries

immoderate unrestrained

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Excessive indulgence spoiled the child.

Source: tatoeba (23607)

The word 'excessive competition' is frequently used in Japanese industry, but there is not a precise definition of the practice.

Source: tatoeba (23608)

Excessive supply leads to a drop in prices.

Source: tatoeba (23610)

The doctor advised me to leave off jogging because it was excessive exercise.

Source: tatoeba (23613)

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Excessive