Dear
Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Dear and excessive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dear" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- MY DEAREST DEAREST DEAR Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before!
Source: Perfectly Arranged Marriage
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Excessive and Dear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/excessive
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Excessive or Dear. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dear/excessive.
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