Synonyms for surplus
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Excess — that which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage
excess US, glut, remainder, surfeit, balance, superfluity, fat informal, overabundance, superabundance, abundance, residue, redundancy, overflow, rest UK, plus, plethora, profusion, overplus, nimiety, ug, overquantity, oversum
Adjective
1. Superfluous
superfluous, redundant, spare, extra, supernumerary, gash, supererogatory
Definitions
- n. 1
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus; overage.
- adj. 1
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
The latest shipment of goods is surplus to our needs.
Related words
- Phrases
- surplus to requirements
Forms
- Plural
- surpluses → excesses, gluts, remainders, surfeits…
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Surplus is neutral, having none of the unfavorable meaning that often attaches to excess; a surplus is that which remains over after all demands are met.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- balance The balance at the bank stands at two million yen.
- glut There was a glut of cotton goods due to cheap imports.
- surfeit A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
By length
- 2 letters
- ug
- 3 letters
- fat1
- 4 letters
- rest1, plus1, gash1, glut1
- 5 letters
- extra2, spare1
- 6 letters
- excess2, offcut
- 7 letters
- balance2, residue3, surfeit2, nimiety, oversum
- 8 letters
- overflow3, plethora3, overplus
- 9 letters
- remainder3, abundance3, redundant3, profusion3
- 10 letters
- redundancy4
- 11 letters
- superfluous3, superfluity
- 12 letters
- overquantity
- 13 letters
- overabundance5, supernumerary
- 14 letters
- superabundance, supererogatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (extra2 = 2 syllables).