Advertisement

View definitions for excess

excess

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

Let the excess liquid evaporate away by bringing the substance to a boil or a simmer until the desired consistency is reached.

Wyden seems to have been persuaded that the best way to contain the possible excesses of speech on the internet was the influence of market forces.

While these wake-up calls to our own waste are certainly effective, many of the artists seem more interested in using excess as a way of expressing reverence for nature.

When town officials and lawmakers try to walk back the excess, the unions hold their ground.

It’s a Super Bowl being conducted without its usual excesses.

Shake off any excess flour and gently place in the heated oil.

Fold over the edges and crimp, then trim any remaining excess.

Following the pre-recession excess of T-Pain and Akon, hip-hop was in search of greater authenticity.

The Senate Intelligence Committee report says they secured a contract with the CIA in 2006 valued “in excess of $180 million.”

By the way, killjoys, American charitable giving goes up by 42 percent during this season of crass materialistic greed and excess.

Victor was proud of his achievement, and went about recommending it and urging every one to partake of it to excess.

The authorization borne by him was very extraordinary and had a great excess of the ordinary warrants.

(d) Excess balances may, at the convenience of each federal reserve bank, remain deposited with the gold settlement fund.

To talk of an excess of labor, or an inability to employ it, in such a country as Ireland, is to insult the general understanding.

All applications, including therein any on which action may have been deferred because in excess of the aforesaid 10 per cent.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for jagged?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 161 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to excess, such as: exuberance, glut, overkill, surplus, waste, and balance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement