Synonyms for redundancy
Most common
dead wood excess superabundance superfluity lay-off retirement backup sacking
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Superfluity — the state of being redundant
superfluity, excess, surplus, superabundance, plethora, overflow, dead wood, exuberance, pleonasm, superfluousness, abundance, glut, superflux, redundance dated rare
2. Repetition
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being redundant.
- n. 2
A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language.
Forms
- Plural
- redundancies → superfluities, excesses, surpluses, superabundances…
Choose the right word
Etymologically, diffuseness is a scattering, both of words and thought; redundancy is an overflow.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- retirement Nevertheless, many are choosing early retirement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| redundancy | steady | |
| excess | falling | |
| superabundance | falling | |
| superfluity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glut1
- 6 letters
- excess2, backup2
- 7 letters
- surplus2, sacking2
- 8 letters
- overflow3, plethora3, pleonasm4
- 9 letters
- abundance3, tautology, superflux
- 10 letters
- retirement4, repetition4, exuberance4, redundance
- 11 letters
- superfluity, diffuseness
- 14 letters
- superabundance, circumlocution
- 15 letters
- superfluousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- redondance
- Italiano
- ridondanza
- Español
- redundancia
- Deutsch
- Redundanz