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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | larger |
| Synonyms: | bigger, greater, longer, more, preponderant, weightier |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | littler, smaller, tinier |
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
| Synonyms: | boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, prodigal, profligate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high, steep, stiff, stratospheric, super, superabundant, superfluous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
| Synonyms: | added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread, gravy, ice*, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, optional, other, over and above, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused |
| Antonyms: | basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, auxiliary, else, extra, farther, further, increased, more, new, other, renewed, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | old, used |
| Main Entry: | further |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | additional |
| Synonyms: | added, another, else, extra, farther, fresh, in addition, more, new, other, supplementary |
| Notes: | farther is generally preferred over further when the context is distance in space or time; use farther when talking about physical distance and use further when talking about abstract ideas or extent/degree |
| Main Entry: | increasingly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to a greater extent |
| Synonyms: | more, more and more, progressively, with acceleration |
| Antonyms: | decreasingly, less |
| Main Entry: | likewise |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | also, similarly |
| Synonyms: | additionally, along, as well, besides, correspondingly, further, furthermore, in addition, in like manner, in the same way, more, moreover, so, too, withal |
| Antonyms: | contrariwise, opposing, opposite, reverse |
| Main Entry: | majority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plurality, most |
| Synonyms: | best part, bulk, greater number, greater part, larger part, lion's share, mass, max, more, more than half, preponderance, superiority |
| Notes: | a majority is more than half the votes, while a plurality is simply getting more votes than the other person(s) |
| Antonyms: | minority, secondary |
| Main Entry: | moreover |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | additionally |
| Synonyms: | also, as well, besides, by the same token, further, furthermore, in addition, likewise, more, to boot, too, what is more, withal, yet |
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