On this page you'll find synonyms for superfluity, such as: abundance, excess, overabundance, overplus, plenty, and plethora. Another word for superfluity can be found among these. But the apparent superfluity of some of these details can be unsteadying.

Other synonyms of superfluous include excessive, extra, supernumerary, surplus, unnecessary, extravagant, some of which apply. Definitely not pleonastic, since they'd need a dictionary to know what you mean (and maybe not even a common dictionary, considering my OS is highlighting that word as "misspelled").

If there is a superfluity of something, there is more of it than is needed. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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