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