surplus

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a quantity much larger than is needed (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
excess, surplusage, nimiety
• Hypernyms:
overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance

II - adjective

more than is needed, desired, or required (Freq. 7)
- trying to lose excess weight
- found some extra change lying on the dresser
- yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
- skills made redundant by technological advance
- sleeping in the spare room
- supernumerary ornamentation
- it was supererogatory of her to gloat
- delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
- extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- surplus cheese distributed to the needy
• Syn:
excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory,
superfluous, supernumerary
• Similar to:
unnecessary, unneeded
• Derivationally related forms:
supernumerary (for: supernumerary), superfluity (for: superfluous), redundance (for: redundant), redundancy (for: redundant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusage, nimiety