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Synonyms for surfeit

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Glut — an excessive amount of something

glut, overabundance, excess, superabundance, superfluity, plethora, surplus, satiety, nimiety, ug, abundance

2. Overindulgence — overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating

overindulgence, gluttony, overeating

Verb

1. Satiate — to overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something)

over-indulge, satiate, indulge, sate, satisfy, pall, gorge, overfeed, engorge, overgorge

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An excessive amount of something.

    A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

  2. n. 2

    Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

  3. v. 1

    To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).

Forms

Plural
surfeits → gluts, overabundances, excesses, superabundances…
Past participle
surfeited
e.g. surfeited → over-indulged, satiated, indulged, sated…

Choose the right word

Surfeit or Cloy?

To cloy or surfeit is to gratify to the point of revulsion or disgust.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • excess The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
  • glut There was a glut of cotton goods due to cheap imports.
  • overabundance I read the article "An Overabundance of Low-density Neptune-like Planets."
  • nausea I experience nausea when I go on too many rides.
  • oversupply There is a chronic oversupply of rice in Japan.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
surfeitsteady
excessfalling
glutfalling
overabundancerising
superabundancefalling
nausearising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
ug
4 letters
pall1, glut1, sate1, cloy1
5 letters
stuff1, gorge1
6 letters
excess2, nausea3
7 letters
satisfy3, surplus2, indulge2, satiety4, satiate, engorge, nimiety
8 letters
plethora3, fullness2, gluttony3, overfeed3
9 letters
abundance3, repletion, overgorge
10 letters
overeating4, overcharge3, oversupply4
11 letters
superfluity
12 letters
overfullness
13 letters
overabundance5
14 letters
overindulgence, superabundance

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excess2 = 2 syllables).