Synonyms for excess
ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛsex·cess

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1. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

2. excessnoun

   More than is normal, necessary or specified

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

3. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

4. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

5. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

6. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

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1. excess

   Excess is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in excess of income is extravagance; we may have also extravagance of language, professions, etc. As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. Overplus and superabundance denote in the main a satisfactory, and superfluity an undesirable, excess; lavishness and profusion, a generous, bountiful, or amiable excess; as, a profusion of fair hair; lavishness of hospitality. Surplus is neutral, having none of the unfavorable meaning that often attaches to excess; a surplus is that which remains over after all demands are met. Redundance or redundancy refers chiefly to literary style, denoting an excess of words or matter. Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.

   Synonyms:
   dissipation, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

   Antonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

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1. excess

   Synonyms:
   advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobriety

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun

   a quantity much larger than is needed

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

   Antonyms:
   necessary

2. excess, excessiveness, inordinatenessnoun

   immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

   Antonyms:
   necessary

3. surfeit, excess, overabundancenoun

   the state of being more than full

   Synonyms:
   surfeit, surplusage, overabundance, overmuchness, inordinateness, glut, excessiveness, oversupply, repletion, surplus, nimiety, superabundance, overindulgence, overmuch

   Antonyms:
   necessary

4. overindulgence, excessadjective

   excessive indulgence

   "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

   Antonyms:
   necessary

5. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

   Antonyms:
   necessary

Matched Categories

1. • Fullness
   • Immoderation
   • Overabundance

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1. excessnoun

   Synonyms:
   superfluity, redundance, redundancy, superabundance

2. excessnoun

   Synonyms:
   surplus, overplus, remainder

3. excessnoun

   Synonyms:
   intemperance, dissipation, debauchery

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1. excessnoun

   Synonyms:
   superabundance, superfluity, redundancy, redundance, overplus, surplus, surplusage, residue, remainder exuberance, rampancy, overdoing, exorbitance, immoderation, debauchery, dissoluteness, intemperance, immoderation

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1. List of paraphrases for "excess":

   surplus, excessive, glut, surfeit, surpluses, exceeding, superior, overstock, upper, redundant, more, exceedance

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1. Jason Vaillancourt:

   Combine a strong labor market with a still substantial reserve of excess savings, and you have all the components in place to keep the Fed up at night.

2. Wendy Sue Swanson:

   It’s known that rapid weight gain is a risk for obesity and it’s also thought that the first few months of life help develop our satiety responsiveness – how our cravings and sense of fullness while eating feel – and therefore if fed excess amounts during that time we may set children up for a bigger challenge with overweight later in life.

3. Steven Orzack:

   Overall, more females die during pregnancy than do males. So that's why there's an excess number of males at birth.

4. Mark Carney:

   Evidence is mixed, and the baseline for comparison should not be the unsustainable excess liquidity that existed prior to the crisis.

5. John Selden:

   It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.