Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "surplus" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

deficit lack

Derived Terms

agricultural surplus capital surplus consumer surplus producer surplus surplus killing surplus labour surplus to requirements surplus value trade surplus

Context

legal

Has Property

immoral

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

overabundance overmuch overmuchness superabundance

Type Of (IsA)

scalar quantity

Related Terms

appropriated assets capital debt deducted excess fund liabilities limit overplus remainder stock

Similar Terms

excess unnecessary unneeded

Synonym Network

excess oversum supererogatory

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.