Definition for Surplus:

• That which remains above what has been used or is required.

Synonyms for Surplus:

• adj.

  •extra (adjective)
  • unneeded,
  • another,
  • auxiliary,
  • tip,
  • needless,
  • in addition,
  • reserve,
  • new,
  • other,
  • ancillary,
  • supplemental,
  • supplementary,
  • additional,
  • in reserve,
  • fresh,
  • inessential,
  • special.
  •inordinate (adjective)
  • overindulgent.
  •residual (adjective)
  • sedimentary,
  • vestigial,
  • remaining,
  • residuary.
  •superfluous (adjective)
  • extravagant,
  • immoderate,
  • exorbitant,
  • overflowing,
  • copious,
  • outrageous,
  • overabundant,
  • superabundant,
  • excessive,
  • gratuitous.

• n.

  •
  • overly,
  • Hyper-,
  • beyond,
  • exceptional.
  •
  • overrun,
  • supplement,
  • complement.
  •
  • amount,
  • bounty,
  • budget,
  • change,
  • bond,
  • bailout,
  • appropriation,
  • bankroll.
  •balance (noun)
  • difference.
  •congestion (noun)
  • mass.
  •dividend (noun)
  • lagniappe,
  • proceeds,
  • bonus,
  • gain.
  •excess (noun)
  • inundation,
  • refuse,
  • redundancy,
  • exorbitance,
  • Leavings,
  • waste,
  • wastefulness,
  • plenty,
  • lavishness.
  •flood (noun)
  • multitude,
  • outpouring,
  • stream,
  • surge,
  • torrent,
  • deluge,
  • flood,
  • rush,
  • tide,
  • flow,
  • abundance.
  •glut (noun)
  • plenitude.
  •holdover (noun)
  • holdover.
  •superfluity (noun)
  • copiousness,
  • outrageousness,
  • landslide,
  • avalanche,
  • gratuitousness,
  • overindulgence,
  • Overrunning,
  • immoderation,
  • extravagance.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • aplenty,
  • farther,
  • furthest,
  • upwards,
  • oversupply,
  • overage,
  • too,
  • rather,
  • record-breaking,
  • double,
  • undue,
  • upward,
  • de trop,
  • overcapacity,
  • more,
  • overmuch,
  • unconscionable.
  •
  • further,
  • addition,
  • overstock,
  • record,
  • raised.
  •
  • above.
  •Other relevant words:
  • funny,
  • continuously,
  • bonanza,
  • unembellished,
  • catch,
  • survival,
  • whole lot,
  • forever,
  • shrink,
  • Disemploy,
  • repose,
  • steadily,
  • over-abundant,
  • replace,
  • overgrowth,
  • overspill,
  • wordy,
  • dispensable,
  • bounce,
  • mess,
  • heap,
  • yield,
  • lion's share,
  • climax,
  • sleep,
  • supremacy,
  • remove,
  • accessory,
  • available,
  • disused,
  • dissipation,
  • appear,
  • lay off,
  • give the gate,
  • wasted,
  • Superplus,
  • particular,
  • overpass,
  • omit,
  • tidal wave,
  • bellyful,
  • unused,
  • dregs,
  • exaggeration,
  • superfluent,
  • arrive,
  • come,
  • neat,
  • option,
  • host,
  • oodles,
  • uniformly,
  • avoidable,
  • fetch,
  • retire,
  • perpetually,
  • Epact,
  • depose,
  • let go,
  • leftovers,
  • break,
  • gross profit,
  • duplicate,
  • preeminence,
  • stand apart,
  • deal,
  • otiose,
  • pourboire,
  • furlough,
  • stack,
  • inordinateness,
  • tautological,
  • fire,
  • specific,
  • summit,
  • load,
  • continually,
  • bump,
  • hypertrophy,
  • conglomeration,
  • overspreading,
  • purposeless,
  • orderly,
  • can,
  • number,
  • plenteousness,
  • vigorish,
  • lot,
  • account,
  • fail,
  • discharge,
  • satiety,
  • unwanted,
  • too much,
  • ne plus ultra,
  • rubble,
  • supererogatory,
  • let out,
  • in excess of,
  • plain,
  • outmoded,
  • collateral,
  • superannuate,
  • sack,
  • grotesque,
  • tautologic,
  • remains,
  • pointless,
  • unremittingly,
  • senseless,
  • maximum,
  • eternally,
  • odds and ends,
  • Orts,
  • outstanding,
  • faithfully,
  • stockpile,
  • bust,
  • acquire,
  • raft,
  • Remanent,
  • ulterior,
  • gratuity,
  • pile,
  • disbar,
  • boot,
  • REAMS,
  • displace,
  • persistently,
  • attain,
  • Non-essential,
  • supernumerary,
  • scanty,
  • remain,
  • defrock,
  • unoccupied,
  • alight,
  • left,
  • discrepancy,
  • kick upstairs,
  • expel,
  • ever,
  • trim,
  • embarrassment,
  • intercalary,
  • demote,
  • play with,
  • contributory,
  • wealth,
  • credit,
  • incessantly,
  • arise,
  • ceaselessly,
  • preventable,
  • around,
  • hoard,
  • transcendence,
  • bide,
  • dismiss,
  • deprive,
  • peck,
  • scrap,
  • drum out,
  • lead,
  • surplusage,
  • strip,
  • cornucopia,
  • revenue,
  • everlastingly,
  • surviving,
  • leisure,
  • slight,
  • free,
  • release,
  • lose,
  • unornamented,
  • steadfastly,
  • prodigality,
  • firmly,
  • unfrock,
  • displume,
  • expletive,
  • much,
  • plentifulness,
  • agglomeration,
  • crumbs,
  • return,
  • earnings,
  • culmination,
  • not needed,
  • pension off,
  • intemperance,
  • rubbish,
  • gobs,
  • give the ax,
  • deplume,
  • endlessly,
  • kick,
  • overbalance,
  • Survivance,
  • accumulation,
  • excel in,
  • pleonastic,
  • Overmeasure,
  • Overset,
  • wither,
  • bare,
  • net,
  • get,
  • augment,
  • uncalled-for,
  • happen,
  • loads,
  • increase,
  • fall,
  • constantly,
  • depart,
  • detritus,
  • suspend,
  • approximately,
  • mountain,
  • earn,
  • unessential,
  • regularly,
  • wad,
  • cashier,
  • drop,
  • pause,
  • disposable,
  • empty,
  • degrade,
  • take,
  • remnants,
  • sit,
  • scads,
  • slender,
  • almost,
  • become full,
  • turn off,
  • emerge,
  • Supersaturation,
  • quantity,
  • something extra,
  • deficit,
  • superiority,
  • net profit,
  • grow,
  • always,
  • become,
  • expendable,
  • unrequired.

Paraphrases for Surplus:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    excesses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    glut.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    superfluous, thousand-megawatt, spare, remaining, redundant, oversubscribed.
  • Noun, plural
    revenues, requirements, imports, balances, overages, amounts, Gains.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    superfluous, overage, redundant, overcapacity, overflow, overhang, shortfall.
  • Verb, past tense
    Exceeded.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    remaining.
  • Verb, past participle
    expected.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exceeds.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    supernumerary.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    oversupply, overproduction, supernumerary, surfeit, profit, remainder, deficit.

Antonyms for Surplus:

• adj.

  • extra
    fundamental, integral, basic, elementary.
  • surplus
    lacking, essential, necessary, Needing, wanting.
  • Other antonyms:
    frugality, failure, shortish, inadequate, destitution, scantiness, defect, inadequacy, deficient, insufficient, short, meager, economy, poor.

• n.

  • congestion
    opening.
  • dividend
    loss.
  • excess
    deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortcoming, poverty.
  • surplus
    need, want, lack, necessity.