Thesaurus:excess

Thesaurus

excess

English

Noun

Sense: that which exceeds what is usual or proper

Synonyms

• abundance
• acrasia (archaic)
• acrasy (archaic)
• excess
• excessiveness
• exuberance
• copiousness
• fecundity
• fertileness
• fertility
• fruitfulness
• fulth (rare)
• glut
• immoderation
• incontinence
• intemperance
• mountain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nimiety
• overabundance
• overage
• overflow
• overplus
• overquantity
• oversum
• plenteousness
• plentifulness
• plenty
• plethora
• productiveness
• profusion
• superabundance
• superaddition
• superfluity
• superfluousness
• superflux
• superplus
• surcrew
• surfeit
• surplus
• surplusage
• uberty (rare)
• ug (dialect)

Hyponyms

• agricultural surplus
• capital surplus
• flattery    [⇒ thesaurus]
• greed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• obesity
• overmeasure
• overstock
• surcharge
• talkativeness    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wealth    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• deficiency
• lack    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• bonanza
• extravagance
• inundation
• lion's share
• slew
• too much

See also

• Thesaurus:abundant
• Thesaurus:cornucopia
• Thesaurus:excessive

Further reading

• “33. superiority” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “40. remainder” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “excess” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.