surplus

surplus is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
2. noun. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
3. adjective. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
4. noun. a quantity much larger than is needed

   Synonyms: excess, nimiety, surplusage

5. adjective. more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"

   "found some extra change lying on the dresser"

   Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary

Synonyms

excess, nimiety, surplusage, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary

Common word forms

surplused, surpluses, surplusing

Words from these letters

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