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overkill
adjective as in exaggerated
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adjective as in excessive
Strongest matches
adjective as in extreme
Strongest matches
adjective as in overabundant
Weak matches
- boundless
- disproportionate
- dissipated
- dizzying
- enormous
- exaggerated
- exorbitant
- extra
- extravagant
- extreme
- immoderate
- indulgent
- inordinate
- intemperate
- limitless
- more
- needless
- over
- overboard
- overmuch
- plethoric
- prodigal
- profligate
- recrementitious
- redundant
- self-indulgent
- sky-high
- steep
- stiff
- stratospheric
- super
- superabundant
- superfluous
- supernatural
- too many
- towering
- unbounded
- unconscionable
- undue
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- way-out
adjective as in overmuch
Weak matches
- boundless
- disproportionate
- dissipated
- dizzying
- enormous
- exaggerated
- exorbitant
- extravagant
- immoderate
- indulgent
- inordinate
- intemperate
- limitless
- overabundant
- overboard
- plethoric
- recrementitious
- redundant
- self-indulgent
- sky-high
- stratospheric
- superabundant
- superfluous
- too many
- towering
- unbounded
- unconscionable
- undue
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- way-out
adjective as in unreasonable
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adjective as in unreasoned
Weak matches
- absonant
- arbitrary
- costing an arm and a leg
- dear
- excessive
- exorbitant
- extortionate
- extreme
- far-out
- illegitimate
- illogical
- immoderate
- improper
- inordinate
- intemperate
- irrational
- out of bounds
- overmuch
- peremptory
- posh
- pricey
- senseless
- steep
- stiff
- too great
- too much
- too-too
- uncalled-for
- unconscionable
- undue
- unfair
- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unlawful
- unrightful
- unwarrantable
- unwarranted
- up to here
- way-out
- wrongful
noun as in excess
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Strong matches
noun as in overabundance
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in overage
noun as in overflow
Strongest matches
noun as in overmuch
noun as in overstock
noun as in oversupply
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in plethora
Weak match
noun as in superfluousness
Weak matches
- balance
- by-product
- embarrassment
- enough
- excessiveness
- exorbitance
- extravagance
- extravagancy
- extravagantness
- exuberance
- fat
- fulsomeness
- glut
- inundation
- lavishness
- leavings
- leftover
- luxuriance
- nimiety
- overabundance
- overdose
- overflow
- overload
- overmuch
- overrun
- oversupply
- overweight
- plenty
- plethora
- profusion
- recrement
- redundance
- redundancy
- refuse
- remainder
- residue
- rest
- spare
- superabundance
- supererogation
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- the limit
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- waste
- wastefulness
noun as in surfeit
noun as in surplus
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in surplusage
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Example Sentences
The Israeli response to the heinous crimes committed by Palestinians often seems overkill.
Do you tell [people] the shocking truth -- that he was practically cut in half from the overkill of ammo fired into his body?
It might be a little overkill for a police officer, but it makes for one very memorable robot.
While we may have reached peak Downey here, his gift for gab—even under the most dire of circumstances—never seems like overkill.
She denied that the 10 days of constant attacks amounted to overkill.
I won't neglect my responsibility for sound regulations that serve the public good, but regulatory overkill must be stopped.
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On this page you'll find 760 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overkill, such as: abstract, distorted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, and false.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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