Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.
Source: tatoeba (241994)
Surplus
//ˈsɝˌplʌs//
Synonyms for "surplus" (189 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (94)
Adjective(1 words)
otheroutstandingoverover and aboveoverabundanceoverageoverdoseoverflowoverflowingovergrowthoverkillovermeasureovermuchoverpassoverplusoverrunoverrunningoversetoverspreadingoverstock
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oversumoversupplypension offplethorapluspourboireprofitread out ofredundancyredundantreleaseremainderremainingremanentremovereplaceresiduerestretiresackseparate forciblysomething extrasparestripsuperabundantsuperannuatesupererogatorysuperfluitysuperfluoussuperioritysupernumerarysupplementalsupplementarysupplysurfeitsurplusagesurvivingsuspendtipto spareturn offturn outulteriorunconsumedunfrockunnecessaryunused
Noun(21 words)
overabundanceoverageoverflowoverplusoverquantityoversumplenteousnessplentifulnessplentyplethoraproductivenessprofusionsuperabundancesuperadditionsuperfluitysuperfluousnesssuperfluxsuperplussurfeituberty
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Adjective(5 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- tepricë noun (excess, overplus)
Arabic
1 entries- فَائِض noun (excess, overplus)
Armenian
1 entries- հավելուրդ noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- artıq noun (excess, overplus)
Belarusian
4 entries- лі́шак noun (excess, overplus)
- лі́шка noun (excess, overplus)
- лі́шніца noun (excess, overplus)
- надме́р noun (excess, overplus)
Bulgarian
3 entries- добавъчен adj (being a surplus)
- излишен adj (being a surplus)
- изли́шък noun (excess, overplus)
Catalan
1 entries- superàvit noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 多餘 /多余 noun (excess, overplus)
- 盈餘 /盈余 noun (excess, overplus)
- 過剩 /过剩 noun (excess, overplus)
Czech
2 entries- nadbytek noun (excess, overplus)
- přebytek noun (excess, overplus)
Danish
1 entries- overskud noun (excess, overplus)
Dutch
2 entries- overschot noun (excess, overplus)
- surplus noun (excess, overplus)
Esperanto
1 entries- pluso noun (excess, overplus)
Finnish
4 entries- ylijäämä adj (being a surplus)
- ylimääräinen adj (being a surplus)
- ylijäämä noun (excess, overplus)
- ylijäämä noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
French
3 entries- excédentaire adj (being a surplus)
- excédentaire noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
- surplus noun (excess, overplus)
Georgian
1 entries- სიჭარბე noun (excess, overplus)
German
2 entries- Rest noun (excess, overplus)
- Überschuss noun (excess, overplus)
Greek
4 entries- παραπανήσιος adj (being a surplus)
- πλεονάζων adj (being a surplus)
- περίσσευμα noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
- πλεόνασμα noun (excess, overplus)
Hebrew
2 entries- עֹדֶף noun (excess, overplus)
- עודף noun (excess, overplus)
Hindi
4 entries- अतिरिक्त adj (being a surplus)
- अतिरिक्त noun (excess, overplus)
- अधिशेष noun (excess, overplus)
- अधिशेष noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Hungarian
4 entries- felesleges adj (being a surplus)
- többlet adj (being a surplus)
- felesleg noun (excess, overplus)
- fölösleg noun (excess, overplus)
Irish
2 entries- brabach noun (excess, overplus)
- fuílleach noun (excess, overplus)
Italian
1 entries- surplus noun (excess, overplus)
Japanese
3 entries- 余り noun (excess, overplus)
- 余剰 noun (excess, overplus)
- 剰余金 noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Korean
4 entries- 과잉 noun (excess, overplus)
- 잉여 noun (excess, overplus)
- 잔여 noun (excess, overplus)
- 흑자 noun (excess, overplus)
Macedonian
4 entries- и́злишен adj (being a surplus)
- о́двишен adj (being a surplus)
- ви́шок noun (excess, overplus)
- суфици́т noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Māori
4 entries- tuhene adj (being a surplus)
- hemihemi noun (excess, overplus)
- tuhene noun (excess, overplus)
- tuwhene noun (excess, overplus)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overflødig adj (being a surplus)
- overskudd noun (excess, overplus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overflødig adj (being a surplus)
Old English
2 entries- oferēaca noun (excess, overplus)
- oferēaca noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرتق adj (being a surplus)
Persian
1 entries- مازاد noun (excess, overplus)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwafluss noun (excess, overplus)
Polish
2 entries- nadmiar noun (excess, overplus)
- nadwyżka noun (excess, overplus)
Portuguese
4 entries- excedente adj (being a surplus)
- excedente noun (excess, overplus)
- excedente noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
- excesso noun (excess, overplus)
Romanian
1 entries- surplus noun (excess, overplus)
Russian
4 entries- профицит adj (being a surplus)
- избы́ток noun (excess, overplus)
- изли́шек noun (excess, overplus)
- профици́т noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अतिरेक adj (being a surplus)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- víšak noun (excess, overplus)
- ви́шак noun (excess, overplus)
Slovak
2 entries- nadbytok noun (excess, overplus)
- prebytok noun (excess, overplus)
Slovene
1 entries- višek noun (excess, overplus)
Spanish
4 entries- excedentario adj (being a surplus)
- excedente adj (being a surplus)
- sobrante adj (being a surplus)
- excedente noun (excess, overplus)
Swedish
2 entries- överskott noun (excess, overplus)
- överskott noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Tagalog
2 entries- labis noun (excess, overplus)
- labis noun (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs)
Thai
2 entries- ส่วนเกิน adj (being a surplus)
- ส่วนเกิน noun (excess, overplus)
Tocharian B
1 entries- atirek noun (excess, overplus)
Turkish
1 entries- artık noun (excess, overplus)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ли́шок noun (excess, overplus)
- на́дмір noun (excess, overplus)
- надли́шок noun (excess, overplus)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Despite a large surplus in merchandise trade, the current account surplus is not so big due to a deficit in invisible trade.
Source: tatoeba (275955)
Japan has a surplus of rice, Europe of wine.
Source: tatoeba (281251)
Japan's balance of payments has been running a huge surplus for many years.
Source: tatoeba (281386)
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