excess

Word Type

n.

excess Meaning Definition

The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

Synonyms for excess

Saturnalia,aggrandizement,amplification,ballyhoo,big talk,blowing up,burlesque,caricature,crapulence,crapulency,crapulousness,de trop,debauchery,dilatation,dilation,disentitlement,dispensable,dissipation,dissoluteness,drunkenness,empty claim,empty title,enhancement,enlargement,exaggerating,exaggeration,excessive,excessiveness,exorbitance,exorbitancy,expansion,expendable,expletive,extortionateness,extra,extravagance,extreme,false claim,fat,glut,gluttony,grandiloquence,gratuitous,heightening,huckstering,hyperbole,hyperbolism,immoderacy,immoderateness,immoderation,impropriety,in excess,inappropriateness,incontinence,indiscipline,indulgence,inflation,inordinacy,inordinateness,intemperance,intemperateness,inundation,invalid claim,lack of claim,leftover,leftovers,magnification,needless,nimiety,no claim,nonessential,outrageousness,overabundance,overage,overbalance,overdoing,overemphasis,overestimation,overflow,overflowing,overgrowth,overindulgence,overkill,overmeasure,overmuch,overpass,overplus,overproduction,overrun,overrunning,overspill,overspreading,overstatement,overstock,oversupply,pleonastic,plethora,plus,preposterousness,prodigality,profuseness,profusion,prolix,puffery,puffing up,redundancy,redundant,remaining,residual,self-indulgence,self-restraint,sensationalism,spare,stretching,superabundance,supererogation,supererogatory,superfluity,superfluous,superiority,superlative,supernumerary,surfeit,surplus,surplusage,swinishness,tall talk,tautologic,tautologous,to spare,too much,too-muchness,touting,travesty,uncalled-for,unconscionableness,unconstraint,uncontrol,undeservedness,undeservingness,undueness,unentitledness,unessential,unmeritedness,unnecessary,unneeded,unreasonableness,unrestraint,verbose

Synonym Search Links for excess

Saturnaliaaggrandizementamplificationballyhoobig talkblowing upburlesquecaricaturecrapulencecrapulencycrapulousnessde tropdebaucherydilatationdilationdisentitlementdispensabledissipationdissolutenessdrunkennessempty claimempty titleenhancementenlargementexaggeratingexaggerationexcessiveexcessivenessexorbitanceexorbitancyexpansionexpendableexpletiveextortionatenessextraextravaganceextremefalse claimfatglutgluttonygrandiloquencegratuitousheighteninghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationimproprietyin excessinappropriatenessincontinenceindisciplineindulgenceinflationinordinacyinordinatenessintemperanceintemperatenessinundationinvalid claimlack of claimleftoverleftoversmagnificationneedlessnimietyno claimnonessentialoutrageousnessoverabundanceoverageoverbalanceoverdoingoveremphasisoverestimationoverflowoverflowingovergrowthoverindulgenceoverkillovermeasureovermuchoverpassoverplusoverproductionoverrunoverrunningoverspilloverspreadingoverstatementoverstockoversupplypleonasticplethorapluspreposterousnessprodigalityprofusenessprofusionprolixpufferypuffing upredundancyredundantremainingresidualself-indulgenceself-restraintsensationalismsparestretchingsuperabundancesupererogationsupererogatorysuperfluitysuperfluoussuperioritysuperlativesupernumerarysurfeitsurplussurplusageswinishnesstall talktautologictautologousto sparetoo muchtoo-muchnesstoutingtravestyuncalled-forunconscionablenessunconstraintuncontrolundeservednessundeservingnessunduenessunentitlednessunessentialunmeritednessunnecessaryunneededunreasonablenessunrestraintverbose