| hyperbole | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. exaggeration, hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration. |
| ~ figure of speech, trope, image, figure | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| surplus | | |
| 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" |
| adj. | 2. 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. |
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