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excessive
Overview of adj excessive
The adj excessive has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable -- (beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands")
2. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening -- (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed")
Grep of noun excessive
excessiveness
Antonyms of adj excessive
2 senses of excessive
Sense 1
excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable
INDIRECT (VIA immoderate) -> moderate
Sense 2
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
INDIRECT (VIA unrestrained) -> restrained
Similarity of adj excessive
2 senses of excessive
Sense 1
excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable
=> immoderate (vs. moderate)
Sense 2
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
=> unrestrained (vs. restrained)
Pertainyms of adj excessive
Attributes of adj excessive
Domain of adj excessive
Domain Terms of adj excessive
Familiarity of adj excessive
excessive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj excessive
excessive
Grep of adv excessive
excessively
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