excessive
Beyond what's needed
Excessive means more than necessary, normal, or desirable—beyond what the situation warrants.
Excessive force goes past what's needed.
Excessive drinking crosses into harmful territory.
The word carries implicit judgment: what one person considers excessive another might find reasonable.
The fees seemed excessive for such a simple service.
Abundant beyond necessity
- opulentOstentatiously wealthy
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- decadentSelf-indulgent, often corruptly
profligate · wasteful · ostentatious · immoderate · grandiose · flamboyant · showy · ornate
Furthest from moderate
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
fervent · fierce · forceful · potent · powerful · disproportionate · undue · unreasonable
Amount exceeding requirement
- glutExcessive surplus
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- oversupplyExcess beyond demand
saturation · profusion · deluge · flood · overflow · redundancy · superfluous · overload
Compulsive substance reliance
- bingeBout of excess
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
gluttony · overconsumption · hoarding · overeating · overspending · overdrinking · overworking · dependency
Involving excessive difficulty
- taxingRequiring great effort
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
demanding · punishing · cumbersome · unmanageable · draining · exhausting · grueling · backbreaking
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
decadent · profligate · wasteful · ostentatious · immoderate · grandiose · flamboyant · showy · ornate · splurge
extreme
Furthest from moderate
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
vehement · fervent · fierce · forceful · potent · powerful · disproportionate · undue · unreasonable · inordinate
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
oversupply · saturation · profusion · deluge · flood · overflow · redundancy · superfluous · overload · overkill
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- bingeBout of excess
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
overindulgence · gluttony · overconsumption · hoarding · overeating · overspending · overdrinking · overworking · dependency · fixation
onerous
Involving excessive difficulty
- taxingRequiring great effort
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
overwhelming · demanding · punishing · cumbersome · unmanageable · draining · exhausting · grueling · backbreaking · suffocating
- theatricaltheatrical, dramatic, melodramatic, histrionic, hammy
- nutrition termscalorie, high protein, balance, low-fat, low fat
- excesstoo much, overabundance, intemperance, overdo, extravagance
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- intensity levelshigh, low, moderate, medium, intense
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several
excessiveinsufficient
Below required quantity
deficient · inadequate · lacking · scant · minimal
excessivemoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
reasonable · restrained · temperate · modest · measured
- excessive forceUnwarranted severity in restraint
- excessive interestUnreasonably high loan charges
- excessive bleedingAbnormal blood loss
- excessive celebrationOverblown display of triumph
- excessive speedUnsafe rate of travel
- excessive sweating