| Main Entry: | surplus |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra |
Synonyms: |
de trop, excess, in excess, leftover, odd*, over, remaining, spare, superfluent, superfluous, supernumerary, too much, unused |
Antonyms: |
essential, lacking, necessary, needing, wanting |
| Main Entry: | surplus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extra material |
Synonyms: |
balance, excess, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, plethora, plus, remainder, residue, something extra, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusage, the limit, too much |
Antonyms: |
lack, necessity, need, want |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money remaining in account |
Synonyms: |
difference, dividend, excess, profit, remainder, residue, rest, surplus |
| Main Entry: | congestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
Synonyms: |
bottleneck, clogging, crowdedness, crowding, excess, jam, mass, overcrowding, overdevelopment, overpopulation, press, profusion, rubber-necking, snarl-up, surfeit, surplus, traffic jam |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy, extra, gain, gravy, guerdon, interest, lagniappe, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste* |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| 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: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
Synonyms: |
added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread, gravy, ice*, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, optional, other, over and above, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused |
Antonyms: |
basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight, adipose tissue |
Synonyms: |
blubber, bulk, cellulite, corpulence, excess, fatness, flab, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, suet, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallow |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming flow, quantity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, flow, flux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overflow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superfluity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave |
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance |
Synonyms: |
excess, nimiety, oversupply, plenitude, saturation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, too much* |
Antonyms: |
insufficiency, lack, need, want |