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overplus

[oh-ver-pluhs] / ˈoʊ vərˌplʌs /

NOUN

excessiveness

Synonyms

STRONG

exorbitance extravagance extravagancy inordinateness lavishness overabundance plethora profusion superabundance superfluity surfeit

WEAK

extravagantness superfluousness

Antonyms

STRONG

lack need scarcity want

NOUN

extravagancy

Synonyms

STRONG

excessiveness exorbitance extravagance inordinateness lavishness overabundance overindulgence plethora prodigality profuseness profusion superabundance superfluity surfeit waste wastefulness

WEAK

extravagantness overspending superfluousness unreasonableness

Antonyms

STRONG

lack need saving scarcity want

NOUN

extravagantness

Synonyms

WEAK

excessiveness exorbitance extravagance extravagancy inordinateness lavishness overabundance plethora profusion superabundance superfluity superfluousness surfeit

NOUN

remainder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rest

STRONG

butt carry-over detritus dregs excess fragment garbage hangover heel junk leavings leftover obverse oddment refuse relic remains remnant residuum ruins salvage scrap stump surplus trace vestige waste wreck wreckage

WEAK

bottom of the barrel odds and ends

Antonyms

STRONG

lack lot need possessions want whole

WEAK

base core

NOUN

rest

Synonyms

STRONGEST

others

STRONG

balance dregs dross excess heel leavings leftovers remains remnant residual residue rump superfluity surplus

WEAK

bottom of the barrel odds and ends orts residum

Antonyms

STRONG

lack need want

WEAK

action activity base core energy

NOUN

superfluity

Synonyms

STRONG

abundance excess overabundance plenty plethora

Antonyms

STRONG

dearth deficiency few lack little need scarcity want

WEAK

shortage

NOUN

surfeit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glut plethora profusion

STRONG

bellyful overabundance overflow overindulgence overkill overmuch plenitude remainder repletion satiety satisfaction saturation superabundance superfluity surplus

WEAK

overfullness up to here

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lack need want

WEAK

base core main necessity

Example Sentences

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His business is no longer to produce the supplies for his family and to share the small overplus with society.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

The successful farmer is the one who produces more than he needs for his support; and the overplus he does not keep; and, moreover, his own needs are easily satisfied.

From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

Let Nature but interpose a sheet of water or a bit of wood, and the merriest joy-bells that ever rang are infused with that melancholy which is the overplus of rapture.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various

There is also an overplus of conversation through the thing that seems like talking at a mark for $2 a week.

From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill

It will be asked, Why did not this overplus do as other crowded Americans did: move west?

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace

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