| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
Antonyms: |
dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
| Main Entry: | dross |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
Synonyms: |
dregs, impurity, lees, recrement, refuse, scobs, scoria, scum, sediment, sinter, slag, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | slag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debris |
Synonyms: |
ashes, cinders, dross, lava, recrement, refuse, residue, scoria |
| Main Entry: | superfluousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, embarrassment, enough, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overabundance, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
a gogo, adscititious, crammed to overflowing, dangwallet, drenched, dropsical, duplicate, excessive, exorbitant, expletive, extravagant, exuberant, filled to overflowing, gorged, in excess, inordinate, lautitious, lavish, luxurious, needless, obese, on one's hands, opiparous, outré, over and above, overcharged, overflowing, overfond, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, prodigal, profuse, ready to burst, redundant, replete, running down, running over, running to waste, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, supersaturated, supervacaneous, to spare, too many, too much, turgid, uncalled for, unnecessary, woundy
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