Surplus: Synonyms in English

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surplus:
- surplus; credit balance; excess; nimiety; surplusage
- superfluous; excess; surplus; redundant; supernumerary; spare; extra; supererogatory

English

Detailed Synonyms for surplus in English

the surplus
the surplus
- surplus [the ~] noun
the surplus
the surplus; the credit balance
- surplus [the ~] noun
- credit balance [the ~] noun
the surplus

– a quantity much larger than is needed ¹
the excess; the surplus; the nimiety; the surplusage
– a quantity much larger than is needed ¹
- excess [the ~] noun
- surplus [the ~] noun
- nimiety [the ~] noun
- surplusage [the ~] noun

surplus
superfluous; excess; surplus
- superfluous adj
- excess adj
- surplus adj
surplus
redundant; supernumerary; surplus
- redundant adj
- supernumerary adj
- surplus adj
surplus

– more than is needed, desired, or required ¹
redundant; excess; spare; surplus; superfluous; extra; supernumerary; supererogatory
– more than is needed, desired, or required ¹
- redundant adj
  - yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant¹
  - skills made redundant by technological advance¹
- excess adj
  - trying to lose excess weight¹
- spare adj
  - sleeping in the spare room¹
- surplus adj
  - surplus cheese distributed to the needy¹
- superfluous adj
  - delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words¹
- extra adj
  - found some extra change lying on the dresser¹
  - extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts¹
- supernumerary adj
  - supernumerary ornamentation¹
  - extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts¹
- supererogatory adj
  - it was supererogatory of her to gloat¹

more than is needed, desired, or required¹
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy¹
a quantity much larger than is needed¹