n. Function: noun
1 whatever exceeds a limit, measure, bound, or accustomed degree FF1C; the proper balance between sufficiency and excess FF1E;
Synonyms: fat, overabundance, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Related Words: overbalance, overspill; oversupply; profusion; superabundance
Idioms: enough and then some, enough and to spare, too much of a good thing
Contrasted Words: insufficiency, lack, scarcity
Antonyms: deficiency; dearth
2 the amount or degree by which a thing or number exceeds another FF1C; an excess of 10 bushels over what was needed FF1E;
Synonyms: overage, overstock, oversupply, plus, surplus, surplusage
Related Words: overproduction; overmeasure
Antonyms: deficit, shortfall
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often
excesses plural undue or immoderate personal indulgence especially in eating and drinking FF1C; excess at table is seldom healthful FF1E; FF1C; his excesses led to his failure in business FF1E;
Synonyms: immoderation, inordinateness, intemperance, overindulgence
Related Words: extravagance, overdoing; indulgence, self-indulgence; immoderacy, immoderateness; dissipation, prodigality, saturnalia
Contrasted Words: moderation; sobriety, temperatenes; restraint, self-discipline, self-restraint
Antonyms: temperance