| exceed | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. exceed, surpass, transcend | be greater in scope or size than some standard.; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" |
| ~ overgrow | grow too large. |
| v. (stative) | 2. exceed, go past, overstep, pass, top, transcend | be superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" |
| ~ excel, surpass, stand out | distinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math" |
| v. (competition) | 3. exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach, beat | beat through cleverness and wit.; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" |
| ~ outgrow | grow faster than. |
| ~ outcry, outshout | shout louder than. |
| ~ outroar | roar louder than. |
| ~ outsail | sail faster or better than.; "They outsailed the Roman fleet" |
| ~ outdraw | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight. |
| ~ outsell | sell more than others.; "This salesman outsells his colleagues" |
| ~ outsell | be sold more often than other, similar products.; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin" |
| ~ outpace | surpass in speed.; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" |
| ~ better, break | surpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
| ~ outshine | attract more attention and praise than others.; "This film outshone all the others in quality" |
| ~ outrange | have a greater range than (another gun). |
| ~ outweigh | be heavier than. |
| ~ outbrave | be braver than. |
| ~ out-herod | surpass someone in cruelty or evil. |
| ~ outfox | outdo someone in trickery. |
| ~ shame | surpass or beat by a wide margin. |
| ~ outmarch | march longer distances and for a longer time than.; "This guy can outmarch anyone!" |
| ~ outwear | last longer than others.; "This material outwears all others" |
| excess | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. excess, nimiety, surplus, surplusage | a quantity much larger than is needed. |
| ~ overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance | a quantity that is more than what is appropriate.; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. excess, excessiveness, inordinateness | immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits. |
| ~ immoderateness, immoderation | the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation. |
| ~ extravagance, extravagancy | the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth.; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" |
| ~ exorbitance, outrageousness | excessive excess. |
| ~ overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment | extreme excess.; "an embarrassment of riches" |
| n. (state) | 3. excess, overabundance, surfeit | the state of being more than full. |
| ~ fullness | the condition of being filled to capacity. |
| n. (act) | 4. excess, overindulgence | excessive indulgence.; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" |
| ~ humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire. |
| adj. | 5. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus | 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" |
| ~ unnecessary, unneeded | not necessary. |
| extra | | |
| n. (person) | 1. extra, spear carrier, supernumerary | a minor actor in crowd scenes. |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| n. (communication) | 2. extra | an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis). |
| ~ edition | an issue of a newspaper.; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. duplicate, extra | something additional of the same kind.; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| adj. | 4. extra, special | added to a regular schedule.; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game" |
| ~ unscheduled | not scheduled or not on a regular schedule.; "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling" |
| adj. | 5. additional, extra | further or added.; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes" |
| ~ additive | characterized or produced by addition.; "an additive process" |
| adv. | 6. extra | unusually or exceptionally.; "an extra fast car" |
| leftover | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. leftover, remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. |
| ~ remainder, residual, residuum, rest, residue, balance | something left after other parts have been taken away.; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" |
| adj. | 2. left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended | not used up.; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" |
| ~ unexhausted | not used up completely.; "an unexhausted well" |
| surplus | | |
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