Excess

Quick meaning: Excess is a noun meaning The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

Meaning

The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

More Meanings

1. An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
2. (British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
3. More than is normal, necessary or specified.
4. (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
5. The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
6. (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

Example Sentences

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.

That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy.

The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.

The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

Word Forms

• excesses
• excessing
• excessed

Synonyms for excess

Depending on context, synonyms include abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excessiveness, exuberance, copiousness.

Antonyms for excess

Common opposites include deficiency, lack, shortage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include surplus, excessiveness, extra, superfluous, overabundance, surplusage.

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