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Over supply
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surplus |
| Synonyms: | balance, excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overrun, overstock, plethora, plus, remainder, residue, something extra, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusage, the limit, too much |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate or submerge |
| Synonyms: | brim over, choke, deluge, drown, engulf, fill, flow, glut, gush, immerse, overflow, oversupply, overwhelm, pour over, rush, saturate, surge, swamp, swarm, sweep, whelm |
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance |
| Synonyms: | excess, nimiety, oversupply, plenitude, saturation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, too much* |
| Antonyms: | insufficiency, lack, need, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
| Synonyms: | arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a great deal |
| Synonyms: | a lot, abundance, all kinds of, amplitude, appreciable amount, barrel, breadth, completeness, copiousness, excess, exuberance, fullness, gobs, great quantity, heaps, loads, lots*, lump, mass, mess*, mountain, multiplicity, oodles*, overage, oversupply, pack, peck, pile, plentifulness, plenty, plethora, profuseness, riches, scads, sufficiency, superabundance, superfluity, thousands, tons, very much, volume, wealth |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overabundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
| Synonyms: | embarrassment of riches, glut, nimiety, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage, too much* |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, scarcity, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asset; something added |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, bonus, extra, gain, good point, overage, overstock, oversupply, perk, surplus |
| Antonyms: | detriment, disadvantage, minus |
| Main Entry: | superabundance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance |
| Synonyms: | excess, glut, great quantity, more than enough, overflow, overmuch, oversupply, plenty, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, too much* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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