Excess
Excess adjective - Being over what is needed.
Usage example: any excess food from the party will be donated to a shelter for the homeless
Gratuitous and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gratuitous" instead an adjective "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Gratuitous
Gratuitous adjective - Not costing or charging anything.
Excess and gratuitous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excess" instead an adjective "Gratuitous".
Nearby Words: gratuity, gratuitously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- surplus and excess
- surplus and gratuitous
- spare and excess
- spare and gratuitous
- excessive and excess
- excessive and gratuitous
- dispensable and excess
- dispensable and gratuitous
- unnecessary and excess
- unnecessary and gratuitous
- needless and excess
- needless and gratuitous
- superfluous and excess
- superfluous and gratuitous
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