surfeit

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. excess, glut, superfluity, superabundance, plethora; satiety, repletion, engorgement. See sufficiency. Ant., lack, dearth.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. surplus, superfluity, profusion; see excess 1 , remainder .

v.

Syn. satiate, overindulge, gorge; see eat 1 , fill 1 , satisfy 3 .

See Synonym Study at satiate .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

(VOCABULARY WORD) n.

[SUR fit]

an excessive amount, fullness, overindulgence.

The baker made a surfeit of cookies for the party.

SYN.:

1. excess surplus, overabundance, superabundance, too much, glut, overflow, flood, inundation, overkill, exorbitance, plethora.

2. satiety fullness, satiation, overindulgence, sickness, nausea, disgust, discomfort.

ANT.: 1. dearth, shortage, lack. 2. hunger, craving, emptiness

II

v.

overindulge, *stuff oneself, overfill, gorge, satiate, glut, *pig out, overdo, cloy, overeat.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To satisfy to the full or to excess: cloy, engorge, glut, gorge, pall, sate, satiate. See EXCESS, FULL. II noun 1. Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink: excess, intemperance, overindulgence. See EXCESS. 2. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction: engorgement, repletion, satiation, satiety. See EXCESS, FULL. 3. More than is needed, desired, or appropriate: embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness. See EXCESS.