superfluity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being superfluous; overflowingness.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something superfluous, as a luxury.
3. (countable, rare, uncountable) Collective noun for a group of nuns.

Opposite of

necessity

Synonyms

excess

redundancy

abundance

surplus

redundance

overplus

unnecessary

superabundance

plethora

superfluousness

unnecessariness

embarrassment

overabundance

satiation

superfluous

surfeit

ampleness

too much

uselessness

wealth

useless addition

lap of luxury

glut

plurisy

overflowing

plenitude

pleonasm

profuseness

profusion

rankness

copiousness

Translations

superflu

superfluidad

Überfluss

surabondance

excesso

pletora

superabundância

superfluité

περίσσεια

surplus

Plethora

unnütz

zusätzlich

zuviel

unnötig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsuː.pəˈfluː.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From superflu(ous) + -ity, Old French superfluite, from Medieval Latin superfluitas, from Latin superfluus.