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- pronunciation:
- suhr
pluhs
[or]
suhr
pl
 s
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the quantity that exceeds what is needed or required; an extra amount.
There was a surplus of winter wheat that year.- synonyms:
- excess, glut, oversupply, superfluity, surfeit
- antonyms:
- deficiency, shortage
- similar words:
- overabundance
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| definition 2: |
the excess of revenue in a budget or business over a given period of time.
- antonyms:
- deficit, shortfall
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| related words: |
abundance, balance, bloat, fat, more, overweight |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
in excess of what is necessary; extra.
- synonyms:
- excess, extra
- antonyms:
- insufficient
- similar words:
- excessive, leftover, odd, redundant, residual, spare, superfluous
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| related words: |
scrap, unnecessary |
The word surplus
contains the following parts:
super-, supra-, sur-2
Latin
prefix
that means above, over
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- hyper-
- antonyms:
- sub-, hyp-, hypo-
plu, plur
Latin
root
that means more
Example words:
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