excess

Adjective

• more than is needed, desired, or required
  • trying to lose excess weight
    
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
    
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
    
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
    
  • sleeping in the spare room
    
  • supernumerary ornamentation
    
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
    
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
    
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
    
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
    

Noun

• excessive indulgence
  • the child was spoiled by overindulgence
    

• the state of being more than full

• immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

• a quantity much larger than is needed

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  extra , redundant , spare , supererogatory , superfluous , supernumerary , surplus , overindulgence , surfeit , overabundance , excessiveness , inordinateness , surplusage , nimiety