Word Meanings - OVERMUCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Too much. -- adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OVERMUCH)

• Excessive
• Enormous
• undue
• exorbitant
• overmuch
• superabundant
• superfluous
• unreasonable
• immoderate
• inordinate
• extravagant

Related words: (words related to OVERMUCH)

• OVERMUCHNESS
  The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. B. Jonson.
• ENORMOUSLY
  In an enormous degree.
• UNREASONABLE
  Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. -- Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*rea"son*a*bly, adv.
• ENORMOUS
  1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• EXORBITANTLY
  In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
• SUPERABUNDANT
  Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv.
• ENORMOUSNESS
  The state of being enormous.
• IMMODERATENESS
  The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller.
• EXORBITANT
  to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive;
• EXCESSIVE
  Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
• IMMODERATELY
  In an immoderate manner; excessively.
• UNDUE
  1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond. 2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon. 3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as,
• INORDINATE
  Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. "Inordinate desires." Milton. "Inordinate vanity." Burke. -- In*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- In*or"di*nate*ness, n.
• OVERMUCH
  Too much. -- adv.
• EXTRAVAGANTNESS
  The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
• IMMODERATE
  Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak. Syn. -- Excessive;
• UNDUENESS
  The quality of being undue.
• EXTRAVAGANTLY
  In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
• SUPERFLUOUS
  More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. E. Everett. Superfluous interval