Synonyms for surfeit
- noun
- verb
Most common
glut overabundance excess superabundance overindulgence gluttony
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
Other
Verb
1. Satiate — to overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something)
over-indulge, satiate, indulge, sate, satisfy, pall, gorge, overfeed, engorge, overgorge
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An excessive amount of something.
A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- n. 2
Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- v. 1
To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
Choose the right word
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
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| surfeit | steady | |
| excess | falling | |
| glut | falling | |
| overabundance | rising | |
| superabundance | falling | |
| nausea | rising |
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).