What are the opposite words for excess?
Excess, meaning something that is more than necessary or desirable, has several antonyms. The opposite of excess is deficit, which means a lack or shortage of something. Another antonym of excess is moderation, which refers to the quality of avoiding excess or extreme behavior. The words sufficiency and adequacy also serve as antonyms for excess, suggesting just enough of something to meet one's needs. In contrast, a further antonym is restriction, which denotes a limit set on something. Lastly, restraint and balance are antonyms that signify the act of controlling oneself or circumstances to avoid excess. These antonyms provide a helpful guide to balance and moderation in life.
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- temperance
- absence
- debt
- shortage
- poverty
- debit
- lack
- abnegation
- abstinence
- dearth
- default
- inadequacy
- self-restraint
- chastity
- deficiency
- entry
- forbearance
- virtuousness
- denial, renouncement of something
- restraint from desires, especially physical desires
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- money owed to others
- failure; want
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- dryness; shortage of supply
- overabundance of something
- overindulgence in personal desires
- shortage, defect, inability
- deficiency, need
- want; extreme need, often financial
- self-restraint; abstinence
- lack, need
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
temperance
- astringency,
- forgoing,
- moderatism,
- reasonableness,
- self-discipline,
- Refrainment,
- self-deprivation,
- astringencies,
- forgoings,
- moderatisms,
- reasonablenesses,
- refrainments,
- self deprivation,
- self deprivations,
- self discipline,
- self disciplines,
- self-deprivations,
- self-disciplines,
- selfdeprivation,
- selfdeprivations,
- selfdiscipline,
- selfdisciplines,
- un inebriation,
- un inebriations,
- un intoxication,
- un intoxications,
- un-inebriation,
- un-inebriations,
- un-intoxication,
- un-intoxications,
- uninebriation,
- uninebriations,
- unintoxication,
- unintoxications.
- absence
- debt
- shortage
-
poverty
- abjection,
- impecuniousness,
- impoverishment,
- pauperism,
- pennilessness,
- penuriousness,
- underdevelopment,
- Neediness,
- Necessitousness,
- abjections,
- in solvency,
- in-solvencies,
- in-solvency,
- necessitousnesses,
- pauperisms,
- under development,
- under developments,
- under-development,
- under-developments,
- underdevelopments.
- debit
- lack
- abnegation
- abstinence
- dearth
- default
-
inadequacy
- defectiveness,
- inadequateness,
- inaptness,
- incompleteness,
- skimpiness,
- defectivenesses,
- faultinesses,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in adequateness,
- in adequatenesses,
- in aptness,
- in capacity,
- in competence,
- in competencies,
- in competency,
- in completeness,
- in completenesses,
- in effectiveness,
- in effectivenesses,
- in effectualness,
- in effectualnesses,
- in efficacies,
- in efficacy,
- in efficiencies,
- in efficiency,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-adequateness,
- in-adequatenesses,
- in-aptness,
- in-capacities,
- in-capacity,
- in-competences,
- in-competencies,
- in-competency,
- in-completeness,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-effectivenesses,
- in-effectualness,
- in-efficacies,
- in-efficacy,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-efficiency,
- inadequatenesses,
- inaptnesses,
- incompletenesses,
- skimpinesses,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses.
- self-restraint
- chastity
- deficiency
- entry
- forbearance
- virtuousness
- denial, renouncement of something
- restraint from desires, especially physical desires
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
-
money owed to others
- debt.
- failure; want
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- dryness; shortage of supply
-
overabundance of something
- base,
- core,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deprivation,
- economy,
- few,
- frugality,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- little,
- moderation,
- need,
- poverty,
- privation,
- scarcity,
- shortcoming,
- want.
- overindulgence in personal desires
- shortage, defect, inability
-
deficiency, need
- lack.
- want; extreme need, often financial
- self-restraint; abstinence
-
lack, need
- want.
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Other relevant words
- fasting,
- peanuts,
- absence,
- abstemiousness,
- abstinence,
- bit,
- couple,
- crumb,
- crunch,
- deficit,
- dram,
- driblet,
- drought,
- famine,
- few,
- frugality,
- glimmer,
- handful,
- inadequateness,
- lacuna,
- lick,
- mite,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- nip,
- ounce,
- particle,
- paucity,
- ray,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- scatter,
- scattering,
- scintilla,
- scruple,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-restraint,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shortage,
- shred,
- smack,
- smatter,
- smattering,
- smidgen,
- sobriety,
- soupcon,
- spark,
- spatter,
- speck,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- touch,
- trace,
- needfulness,
- skosh,
- undersupply,
- defect,
- deficient,
- destitution,
- economy,
- failure,
- inadequacy,
- inadequate,
- insufficient,
- necessary,
- scantiness,
- short,
- shortcoming,
- shortish.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
split down the middle
- Antonyms:
- combine, join.
