Synonyms for SURPLUS
ˈsɜr plʌs, -pləssur·plus

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1. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   lack, deficit

2. surplusnoun

   Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

3. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

4. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   deficit, lack

5. surplusnoun

   Antonyms:
   lack, deficit

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1. surplus

   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.

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

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

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1. surplus

   Synonyms:
   redundancy, remainder, rest, overplus, residue, excess, balance

   Antonyms:
   deficiency, deficit, shortcoming

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietyadjective

   a quantity much larger than is needed

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

   Antonyms:
   necessary

2. 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   necessary

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1. surplusnoun

   Synonyms:
   overplus, residue, excess, surplusage

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1. surplusnoun

   Synonyms:
   surplusage, excess, overplus, residue, remainder

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1. List of paraphrases for "surplus":

   excess, surpluses, supernumerary, glut, thousand-megawatt, overage, oversupply, remaining, redundant, overages, overproduction, remainder, residual

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How to use SURPLUS in a sentence?

1. De Caux:

   We believe the balance between supply and demand will return early next year and (will) gradually draw down the massive inventory surplus over the next year to two years.

2. Donald Trump:

   Regardless of what else was going on at home or in other parts of the world – during Democratic and Republican administrations, in times of surplus and deficit, war and peace – the United States has remained economically, politically, and militarily engaged, as well as geographically located in the Asia-Pacific.

3. Bill Hickey:

   The main beneficiary would be China, which has plenty of surplus steel.

4. Ryoji Yoshizawa:

   On a macro level, businesses and households have surplus funds. Further falls in interest rates are unlikely to lead to a surge in loan demand.

5. Tristram Stuart:

   There is a racket in this country called hidden waste, the surplus costs so much for supermarkets to dispose of that it just gets placed in warehouses and shipping containers. Hopefully, this will be exposed soon and the figures will change dramatically.