Synonyms & related words for surplusage

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Words related to surplusage

Explore words related to surplusage — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nimiety, surplus, excess, superfluity, supererogatory, superfluousness, superfluous, overplus. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does surplusage come from?

The word surplusage breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: sur-, from Latin super (“over, above”); plus, from Latin plus (“more”); and -age, from Latin aticum (“collective/state suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.