392 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ suːpˈɜːfluːəs], [ suːpˈɜːfluːəs], [ s_uː_p_ˈɜː_f_l_uː_ə_s]

Similar words for superfluous:

• dispensable (adjective)
• disproportionate (adjective)
• excessive (adjective)
• expendable (adjective)
• extra (adjective)
• extra, unnecessary (adjective)
• extraneous (adjective)
• exuberant (adjective)
• gratuitous (adjective)
• inessential (adjective)
• inordinate (adjective)
• nonessential (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• otiose (adjective)
• over (adjective)
• overabundant (adjective)
• overblown (adjective)
• plentiful (adjective)
• plentiful/plenty (adjective)
• profuse (adjective)
• redundant (adjective)
• spare (adjective)
• superabundant (adjective)
• superfluous (adjective)
• supernumerary (adjective)
• surplus (adjective)
• unnecessary (adjective)
• unneeded (adjective)
• unrequired (adjective)
• unwanted (adjective)
• wordy (adjective)
• other relevant words (noun)
• otiose (noun)
• pointless (noun)
• superfluity (noun)
• superfluous (noun)
• unnecessary (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• excessive
• futile
• overfull
• surplus

Paraphrases for superfluous

Synonyms for Superfluous:

• adj.

  • dispensable (adjective)
  • un important,
  • trivial,
  • un-important,
  • re-movable,
  • most disposable,
  • re movable,
  • more disposable.
  • disproportionate (adjective)
  • most nonsymmetrical,
  • over-balanced,
  • dis-proportionate,
  • in commensurate,
  • most overbalanced,
  • un-reasonable,
  • most unsymmetrical,
  • un-symmetrical,
  • overbalanced,
  • non symmetrical,
  • over balanced,
  • more overbalanced,
  • more unsymmetrical,
  • un symmetrical,
  • unsymmetrical,
  • out proportion,
  • in-commensurate,
  • non-symmetrical,
  • un reasonable,
  • more nonsymmetrical,
  • un-even,
  • un-equal,
  • un equal,
  • un even,
  • dis proportionate.
  • excessive (adjective)
  • most unmeasurable,
  • un-measurable,
  • more recrementitious,
  • sky high,
  • un measurable,
  • most overboard,
  • un bounded,
  • self indulgent,
  • un-conscionable,
  • skyhigh,
  • over board,
  • over kill,
  • un-bounded,
  • un conscionable,
  • over-board,
  • towering,
  • more overkill,
  • selfindulgent,
  • un-duer,
  • most overkill,
  • more unmeasurable,
  • un duer,
  • super natural,
  • un duest,
  • most plethoric,
  • sky-high,
  • in temperate,
  • in-temperate,
  • un-duest,
  • stratospheric,
  • over-kill,
  • un due,
  • un-due,
  • more plethoric,
  • more overboard,
  • super-natural,
  • most recrementitious.
  • expendable (adjective)
  • replaceable.
  • extra (adjective)
  • re-serve,
  • re serve,
  • in reserve,
  • fussest,
  • more button,
  • more beyond,
  • over above,
  • more reserve,
  • supplementary,
  • gravier,
  • most gingerbread,
  • most lagniappe,
  • in addition,
  • graviest,
  • more lagniappe,
  • more gingerbread,
  • gravy,
  • be yond,
  • tipper,
  • most button,
  • perkest,
  • most reserve,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • ICER,
  • un-used,
  • more another,
  • be-yond,
  • most beyond,
  • icest,
  • most another,
  • tippest,
  • un used.
  • extra, unnecessary (adjective)
  • leftover,
  • pleonastic,
  • unneeded,
  • lavish,
  • residuary,
  • extreme,
  • exorbitant,
  • unrequired,
  • extravagant,
  • profuse,
  • unasked,
  • abounding,
  • inessential,
  • surplus,
  • useless,
  • overflowing,
  • supererogatory,
  • remaining.
  • extraneous (adjective)
  • off the subject,
  • beside point,
  • inapposite.
  • exuberant (adjective)
  • over flowing,
  • fruitful,
  • over-flowing,
  • over done,
  • co-pious,
  • over-done,
  • co pious.
  • gratuitous (adjective)
  • most reasonless,
  • un supportable,
  • in-defensible,
  • more causeless,
  • most unmerited,
  • un-warranted,
  • most unprovoked,
  • uncalled for,
  • uncalledfor,
  • un founded,
  • un provoked,
  • more unprovoked,
  • most causeless,
  • un-merited,
  • unwarranted,
  • un merited,
  • more reasonless,
  • un justified,
  • un-justified,
  • more unmerited,
  • un-supportable,
  • un-provoked,
  • un warranted,
  • un-founded,
  • in defensible.
  • inessential (adjective)
  • in-essential,
  • in essential.
  • inordinate (adjective)
  • untempered,
  • overindulgent,
  • uncurbed.
  • nonessential (adjective)
  • non essential,
  • more deadwood,
  • most deadwood,
  • in significant.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • exuberant,
  • supernumerary,
  • redundant,
  • alive with,
  • in store,
  • nonessential,
  • lousy with,
  • overmuch,
  • fusser,
  • Recrementitious,
  • Non-essential,
  • unprovoked,
  • unwanted,
  • causeless,
  • inordinately,
  • bumper,
  • expendable,
  • well-provided,
  • crawling with,
  • over-abundant,
  • too many,
  • superabundant,
  • dispensable,
  • reasonless,
  • disproportionate,
  • Profusive,
  • perker,
  • palaverous,
  • more than enough,
  • gratuitous,
  • inordinate,
  • disposable,
  • overblown,
  • Deadwood,
  • over and above,
  • unmeasurable,
  • one more,
  • immensely,
  • unnecessary,
  • overboard,
  • needless,
  • overabundant,
  • excessive,
  • in excess,
  • superfluent,
  • no end,
  • longwinded,
  • over,
  • thick with,
  • out of proportion,
  • gingerbread,
  • plethoric,
  • aplenty,
  • extra,
  • extra ordinary,
  • overkill,
  • left over,
  • nonsymmetrical,
  • plentiful,
  • excess baggage,
  • extraneous,
  • spare,
  • unmerited.
  • otiose (adjective)
  • most laggard,
  • in-active,
  • in-effective,
  • in effective.
  • over (adjective)
  • more unduly,
  • most additionally,
  • more ever,
  • most ever,
  • tooest,
  • more additionally,
  • most unduly,
  • more inordinately,
  • more extremely,
  • re maining,
  • tooer,
  • most excessively,
  • more overly,
  • un duly,
  • most inordinately,
  • most immensely,
  • un-duly,
  • more immensely,
  • ever,
  • most overly,
  • re-maining,
  • most extremely,
  • more excessively.
  • overabundant (adjective)
  • over abundant.
  • overblown (adjective)
  • more euphuistic,
  • hyped up,
  • most euphuistic,
  • Euphuistic,
  • over-blown,
  • over blown.
  • plentiful (adjective)
  • wellprovided,
  • most well provided,
  • more well provided,
  • most wellprovided,
  • in exhaustible,
  • most well-provided,
  • un-limited,
  • well provided,
  • more well-provided,
  • more wellprovided.
  • plentiful/plenty (adjective)
  • replete,
  • in finite,
  • more bumper,
  • plenty,
  • swarming,
  • chockfull,
  • in-finite,
  • most swarming,
  • chock full,
  • most bumper,
  • more swarming.
  • profuse (adjective)
  • most aplenty,
  • more aplenty,
  • most profusive,
  • pro-fuse,
  • un stinting,
  • dime dozen,
  • pro fuse,
  • un-stinting,
  • more profusive.
  • redundant (adjective)
  • tautological,
  • more reiterating,
  • most palaverous,
  • periphrastic,
  • long winded,
  • more iterating,
  • most iterating,
  • re-iterating,
  • more palaverous,
  • re iterating,
  • most reiterating.
  • spare (adjective)
  • most backup,
  • most option,
  • most emergency,
  • un-occupied,
  • un occupied,
  • more emergency,
  • more option,
  • more backup.
  • superabundant (adjective)
  • super-abundant,
  • super abundant.
  • superfluous (adjective)
  • copious,
  • outrageous,
  • immoderate.
  • supernumerary (adjective)
  • super-numerary,
  • super numerary.
  • surplus (adjective)
  • super-fluenter,
  • sur-plussest,
  • super fluenter,
  • super fluentest,
  • superfluenter,
  • sur plussest,
  • sur-plusser,
  • super fluent,
  • sur plusser,
  • super-fluentest,
  • superfluentest,
  • super-fluent.
  • unnecessary (adjective)
  • uncritical,
  • noncompulsory,
  • non-compulsory.
  • unneeded (adjective)
  • un-needed,
  • un needed.
  • unrequired (adjective)
  • un-required,
  • un required.
  • unwanted (adjective)
  • un-wanted,
  • un wanted.
  • wordy (adjective)
  • lengthy,
  • chatty,
  • windy,
  • ponderous,
  • rambling,
  • grandiloquent,
  • loquacious,
  • talkative,
  • bombastic,
  • featherbedding,
  • endless,
  • wandering,
  • wordy,
  • long-winded,
  • verbose.

• n.

  •
  • uncalled-for.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • superfluity,
  • excess.
  • otiose (noun)
  • otiose.
  • pointless (noun)
  • pointless.
  • superfluity (noun)
  • glut,
  • inundation,
  • superabundance,
  • extravagance,
  • overabundance,
  • excessiveness,
  • copiousness,
  • gratuitousness,
  • deluge,
  • landslide,
  • redundancy,
  • avalanche,
  • exorbitance,
  • overindulgence,
  • Overrunning,
  • immoderation,
  • overdose,
  • outrageousness.
  • superfluous (noun)
  • worthless,
  • wasted.
  • unnecessary (noun)
  • Turgescent,
  • very great,
  • overcharged.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • quantity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • uninvited,
  • unsolicited,
  • unlooked-for,
  • de trop,
  • unasked for.
  •
  • unwelcome.
  • excessive
  • perfect.
  • futile
  • waste.
  • overfull
  • Surcharged.
  • surplus
  • unused.

Paraphrases for Superfluous:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unnecessary.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    unnecessary.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    amiss, excess, extra, fruitless, gratuitous, ineffective, irrelevant, meaningless, moot, necessary, needless, spare, supernumerary, surplus, unneeded, unwarranted, vain, worthwhile, uncalled.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    excess, needless, supernumerary, surplus.
  • Adverb
    unnecessarily.
  • Verb, past participle
    wasted, Avoided.
  • Verb, base form
    needless.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    dispensable, expendable, extraneous, futile, obsolete, pointless, undue, unhelpful, useless, wasteful, worthless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    useless.