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Textual thesaurus for "surplus"

(adj) supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, excess, extra, spare, redundant

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


(noun) surplusage, nimiety, excess

a quantity much larger than is needed