surplus
noun
- = excess, surfeit, superabundance, superfluity •
Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.
opposites: lack, deficit, shortage, deficiency, shortfall, dearth, paucity, insufficiency
adjective
- = extra, spare, excess, remaining, odd, in excess, left over, unused, superfluous •
Few people have large sums of surplus cash.
opposites: lacking, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, limited, falling short, scant, deficient, scanty
'surplus' in Other Languages
- British English: surplus
Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed.Few people have large sums of surplus cash.ˈsɜːpləs NOUNextra - Arabic: فَائِض
- Brazilian Portuguese: excedente
- Chinese: 多余的
- Croatian: suvišan suvišna
- Czech: přebytečný
- Danish: overskydende
- Dutch: overtollig
- European Spanish: sobrante
- Finnish: ylimääräinen
- French: supplémentaire
- German: überschüssig
- Greek: περίσσιος περίσσια
- Italian: eccedente
- Japanese: 余分な
- Korean: 나머지의
- Norwegian: overskytende
- Polish: w nadmiarze
- Portuguese: excedente
- Romanian: surplus surplusuri
- Russian: избыточный избыточная
- Spanish: sobrante
- Swedish: överskotts-
- Thai: เป็นส่วนเกิน
- Turkish: fazla
- Ukrainian: надлишок
- Vietnamese: thừa
- British English: surplus If there is a surplus of something, there is more than is needed.The country suffers from a surplus of teachers.ˈsɜːpləs NOUNexcess
- Arabic: فَضْل
- Brazilian Portuguese: excedente
- Chinese: 剩余
- Croatian: višak
- Czech: přebytek
- Danish: overskud
- Dutch: surplus
- European Spanish: excedente
- Finnish: ylijäämä
- French: surplus
- German: Überschuss Überschüsse
- Greek: περίσσευμα
- Italian: eccedenza
- Japanese: 余り
- Korean: 나머지
- Norwegian: overskudd
- Polish: nadmiar
- Portuguese: excedente
- Romanian: surplus surplusuri
- Russian: излишек
- Spanish: excedente
- Swedish: överskott
- Thai: จำนวนที่เกิน
- Turkish: fazlalık
- Ukrainian: надлишок
- Vietnamese: lượng dư
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