Antonyms for excess
ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛsex·cess

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1. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

2. excessnoun

   More than is normal, necessary or specified

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

3. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

4. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

5. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

6. excessnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficiency

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess

   Excess is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in excess of income is extravagance; we may have also extravagance of language, professions, etc. As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. 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. 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. Redundance or redundancy refers chiefly to literary style, denoting an excess of words or matter. Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc.

   Antonyms:
   dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

   Synonyms:
   dissipation, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, failure, shortcoming, insufficiency, temperance, sobriety

   Synonyms:
   advance, increase, abundance, redundancy, superfluity, extravagance, surplus, debauchery, intemperance

Matched Categories

1. • Fullness
   • Immoderation
   • Overabundance

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietynoun

   a quantity much larger than is needed

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

2. excess, excessiveness, inordinatenessnoun

   immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

3. surfeit, excess, overabundancenoun

   the state of being more than full

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surfeit, surplusage, overabundance, overmuchness, inordinateness, glut, excessiveness, oversupply, repletion, surplus, nimiety, superabundance, overindulgence, overmuch

4. overindulgence, excessadjective

   excessive indulgence

   "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, surplus, nimiety, overindulgence

5. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

   Antonyms:
   necessary

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

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1. excessnoun

   Synonyms:
   superabundance, superfluity, redundancy, redundance, overplus, surplus, surplusage, residue, remainder exuberance, rampancy, overdoing, exorbitance, immoderation, debauchery, dissoluteness, intemperance, immoderation

How to use excess in a sentence?

1. Aaron Clark:

   M&A will continue to be robust because funding is still cheap (even with the proposed rate hike) and excess cash needs to be invested. We are also seeing a lot of activist investor activity.

2. Seema Kumar:

   Parents and doctors should encourage healthy eating and active lifestyle in all patients with ADHD, additionally, weight monitoring should be incorporated as part of routine care of all patients with ADHD so that excess weight can be detected early and that efforts to prevent further weight gain can be instituted in a timely fashion.

3. Natalie Muth:

   Kids who don't drink water are more likely to get their fluids elsewhere, all The American Heart Association takes is an extra 70 calories or so per day for a child to gain excess weight and be at risk for overweight or obesity.

4. Sergio Marchionne:

   I think (automakers') costs ... (are) well in excess of what I consider a mature industry to be able to afford.

5. Daniel Munch:

   For cattle and beef, once the market processes the excess animals sent to slaughter and has a smaller breeding herd to operate off of - [ price increases ] could be six months to well over a year. For specialty crops it could be immediate upon harvest.

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