Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Redundancy

Nouns
  • redundancy, redundance
  • too much, too many
  • superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation
  • nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness
  • profusion etc. (plenty) Sufficiency
  • repletion, enough in all conscience, lion's share
  • more than enough etc. Sufficiency
  • plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener
  • turgescence etc. (expansion) Expansion
  • overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow
  • inundation etc. (water) [Water in motion.] River
  • avalanche. accumulation etc. (store) Store
  • heap etc. Assemblage
  • drug, drug in the market
  • glut
  • crowd
  • burden. excess
  • surplus, overplus
  • epact
  • margin
  • remainder etc. [Thing remaining.] Remainder
  • duplicate
  • surplusage, expletive
  • work of supererogation
  • bonus, bonanza. luxury
  • intemperance etc. Intemperance
  • extravagance etc. (prodigality) Prodigality
  • exorbitance, lavishment. pleonasm etc. (diffuseness) Diffuseness
  • too many irons in the fire
Verbs
  • superabound, overabound
  • know no bounds, swarm
  • meet one at every turn
  • creep with, crawl with, bristle with
  • overflow
  • run over, flow over, well over, brim over
  • run riot
  • overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark etc. (go beyond) [Motion beyond] Transcursion
  • surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood
  • drug, drug the market
  • hepatize. choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate
  • pile up, lay on thick
  • impregnate with
  • lavish etc. (squander) Prodigality. send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens
  • teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
  • kill the slain, gild refined gold, " gild the lily, " butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon
  • employ a steam engine to crack a nut etc. (waste) Waste. exaggerate etc. Exaggeration
  • wallow in roll in etc. (plenty) Sufficiency
  • remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.
Adjectives
  • redundant
  • too much, too many
  • exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish
  • prodigal etc. Prodigality
  • exorbitant
  • overweening
  • extravagant
  • overcharged etc. v.
  • supersaturated, drenched, overflowing
  • running over, running to waste, running down. crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing
  • gorged, ready to burst
  • dropsical, turgid, plethoric
  • obese etc. Expansion. superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess
  • over and above etc. (remainder) [Thing remaining.] Remainder
  • adscititious etc. (additional) Addition
  • supernumerary etc. (reserve) Store
  • on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive
Adverbs
  • over, too, over and above
  • overmuch, too much
  • too far
  • without measure, beyond measure, out of measure
  • with a to spare
  • over head and ears
  • up to one's eyes, up to one's ears
  • extra
  • beyond the mark etc. (transcursion) [Motion beyond] Transcursion
Phrases
  • it never rains but it pours