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Synonyms for surplus
ˈsɜr plʌs, -pləssur·plus
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wastefulnessAntonyms:
dearth, defect, deficiency, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
surplus
Synonyms:
redundancy, remainder, rest, overplus, residue, excess, balanceAntonyms:
deficiency, deficit, shortcoming
Princeton's WordNet
excess, surplus, surplusage, nimietyadjective
a quantity much larger than is needed
Synonyms:
surplusage, overabundance, inordinateness, excessiveness, surfeit, nimiety, overindulgence, excessAntonyms:
necessaryexcess, 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, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointlessAntonyms:
necessary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
surplusnoun
Synonyms:
overplus, residue, excess, surplusage
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
surplusnoun
Synonyms:
surplusage, excess, overplus, residue, remainder
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "surplus":
excess, surpluses, supernumerary, glut, thousand-megawatt, overage, oversupply, remaining, redundant, overages, overproduction, remainder, residual
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#42 | free | |
#273 | special | |
#585 | additional | |
#1378 | extra | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1963 | balance | |
#1980 | waste | |
#3226 | plain | |
#3546 | remaining | |
#4133 | excess | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6959 | bare | |
#7783 | surplus | |
#9174 | remainder | |
#10431 | residual | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#13084 | residue | |
#16133 | redundancy | |
#18270 | pointless | |
#25972 | dissipation | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#36306 | glut | |
#39250 | surpluses | |
#56214 | profusion | |
#59392 | extravagance | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#78032 | overproduction | |
#84997 | overage | |
#93481 | oversupply | |
#112127 | intemperance | |
#118122 | supernumerary | |
#121363 | overabundance | |
#121700 | surfeit | |
#148311 | purposeless | |
#156902 | tautological | |
#172099 | overages | |
#208689 | overindulgence | |
#217114 | superfluity | |
#243467 | wastefulness | |
#260290 | superabundance | |
#272458 | surplusage | |
#283617 | excessiveness | |
#284758 | prodigality | |
#316834 | lavishness |
How to use surplus in a sentence?
Our strengths and their strengths and surplus really lined up well, this is a good baseball trade. Everybody walks away happy.
Today's close didn't alter our opinion of a potentially bearish gasoline market that will be forced to recognize a sizable supply surplus when seasonal tendencies begin to reverse in a few weeks, but, for now, technical signals across the complex favor higher prices and we would continue to caution against any attempts to pick a top.
Years ago, Iran was importing 10-12 million tonnes. We will never see those figures again, I can say with certainty, we already have a surplus here.
Most Washington critical access hospitals are operating with a surplus and can afford to bring on one extra nurse or technician.
If there is a set-back in trade talks, both external demand and domestic demand could be hit. If the U.S. and China reach a trade deal, China will have to step up imports form the U.S., which will reduce its trade surplus, which will reduce net exports' contribution to GDP growth.
Translations for surplus
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- излишъкBulgarian
- superàvitCatalan, Valencian
- nadbytek, přebytekCzech
- ÜberschussGerman
- πλεόνασμαGreek
- excedente, sobra, superávit, sobranteSpanish
- ylimääräinen, ylijäämäFinnish
- surplus, excédentaireFrench
- עודףHebrew
- 余りJapanese
- overschotDutch
- excedente, superavit, excessoPortuguese
- избыток, профицит, излишекRussian
- višakSerbo-Croatian
- överskottSwedish
- số dưVietnamese
- 剩餘Chinese
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