Synonyms for superfluity
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Noun
1. Surfeit
surfeit, redundancy, plethora, excess, superabundance, abundance, surplus, glut, exuberance, embarrassment, overplus, superflux, surplusage, nimiety, profusion, overabundance, overflow
Other
pleonasm, needlessness, redundance dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
Forms
- Plural
- superfluities → surfeits, redundancies, plethorae, excesses…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- redundancy Tom wasn't eligible for redundancy payment.
- plethora Mennad had a plethora of excuses not to live life.
- surfeit A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
- pleonasm A black darkness is an example of a pleonasm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| superfluity | steady | |
| excess | falling | |
| redundancy | steady | |
| plethora | rising | |
| surfeit | steady | |
| pleonasm | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- glut1
- 6 letters
- excess2
- 7 letters
- surplus2, surfeit2, nimiety
- 8 letters
- overflow3, plethora3, pleonasm4, overplus
- 9 letters
- abundance3, profusion3, superflux
- 10 letters
- redundancy4, exuberance4, surplusage, redundance
- 12 letters
- needlessness
- 13 letters
- embarrassment4, overabundance5
- 14 letters
- superabundance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- superfluité
- Español
- superfluidad