Excessive and Trivial

Excessive

Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

Trivial and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trivial" instead an adjective "Excessive".

Nearby Words: excess, excessively

Trivial

Trivial adjective - Lacking importance.

Excessive and trivial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Trivial".

Nearby Words: triviality, trivialize, trivially

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Flanderization A character who is a collector who enjoys building his or her collection turns into a hoarder whose life revolves around filling his or her house with an excessive number of trivial possessions.
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