Antonyms for excess
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : noun ik-ses, ek-ses; adjective, verb ek-ses, ik-ses |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ɪkˈsɛs, ˈɛk sɛs; adjective, verb ˈɛk sɛs, ɪkˈsɛs |
Definition of excess
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French exces (14c.) "excess, extravagance, outrage," from Latin excessus "departure, a going beyond the bounds of reason or beyond the subject," from stem of excedere "to depart, go beyond" (see exceed). As an adjective from late 15c.
- noun overabundance of something
- noun overindulgence in personal desires
- That they would use the drug to excess there can be no doubt, and that is the main point.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
- It arose, I imagine, from an excess of the masculine element in his nature.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- We are to be cured by an excess of the dose that has poisoned us.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- Chip jerked open the door with a force greatly in excess of the need of it.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- It is the deficiency, and not the excess of this quality, that is to be feared.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- John felt that he had been rebuked for an excess of enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He was reposing in that pathetic condition of optimism induced by excess of fatigue.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Domestic care, like every other, is liable to degenerate into excess.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Methinks this is an excess of zeal for a friend who was so late an enemy!
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He was perfectly conscious of its excess, but he cherished it as a virtue.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for excess
- balance
- by-product
- debauchery
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- enough
- exorbitance
- extravagance
- extreme
- extremity
- exuberance
- fat
- fulsomeness
- glut
- immoderacy
- immoderation
- indulgence
- inordinateness
- intemperance
- inundation
- lavishness
- leavings
- leftover
- luxuriance
- nimiety
- overdoing
- overdose
- overflow
- overkill
- overload
- overmuch
- overrun
- oversupply
- overweight
- plenty
- plethora
- prodigality
- profusion
- recrement
- redundance
- redundancy
- refuse
- remainder
- residue
- rest
- saturnalia
- self-indulgence
- spare
- superabundance
- supererogation
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- the limit
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- unrestraint
- waste
- wastefulness
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