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Definitions for Excess

[1] the fact of exceeding something else in amount or degree: His strength is in excess of yours.
[2] the amount or degree by which one thing exceeds another: The bill showed an excess of several hundred dollars over the estimate.
[3] an extreme or excessive amount or degree; superabundance: to have an excess of energy.
[4] a going beyond what is regarded as customary or proper: to talk to excess.
[5] immoderate indulgence; intemperance in eating, drinking, etc.
[6] more than or above what is necessary, usual, or specified; extra: a charge for excess baggage; excess profits.
[7] to dismiss, demote, transfer, or furlough (an employee), especially as part of a mass layoff.
[8] the state or act of going beyond normal, sufficient, or permitted limits
[9] an immoderate or abnormal amount, number, extent, or degree too much or too many an excess of tolerance
[10] the amount, number, extent, or degree by which one thing exceeds another
[11] chem a quantity of a reagent that is greater than the quantity required to complete a reaction add an excess of acid
[12] overindulgence or intemperance
[13] insurance , mainly British a specified contribution towards the cost of a claim, stipulated on certain insurance policies as being payable by the policyholder
[14] in excess of of more than; over
[15] to excess to an inordinate extent; immoderately he drinks to excess
[16] more than normal, necessary, or permitted; surplus excess weight
[17] payable as a result of previous underpayment excess postage ; an excess fare for a railway journey

Words related to Excess

glut, waste, exuberance, surplus, overkill, extravagance, extreme, profusion, exorbitance, surfeit, plethora, superabundance, rest, wastefulness, residue, redundancy, lavishness, overload, enough, oversupply

Words nearby Excess

exceptional, exceptionalism, exceptive, excerpt, excerpta, excess, excess baggage, excess demand, excess insurance, excess luggage, excess sound pressure

Origin of Excess

1350–1400; Middle English (noun and adj.) < Latin excessus departure, digression, equivalent to exced-, variant stem of excēdere to exceed + -tus suffix of v. action

Words that may be confused with Excess

access, assess, excess

Word origin for Excess

C14: from Latin excessus, from excēdere to go beyond; see exceed

Synonyms for Excess

exuberance, glut, overkill, surplus, waste, balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, fat, fulsomeness, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overflow, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, wastefulness, overdose, recrement, the limit, too much, too much of a good thing