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bizarre, deviant, eccentric, outlandish, quaint, strange, weird; incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unimaginable, unthinkable

Antonyms

common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical

ex·cerpt noun : a passage selected or copied : EXTRACT

— excerpt verb

1excess noun 1 : the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits : SUPERFLUITY, SURPLUS

2 : the amount by which one quantity exceeds another

3 : INTEMPERANCE; also : an instance of intemperance

Synonyms

fat, overabundance, overflow, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; also abundance, bounty, plenty, profusion, sufficiency; overproduction, overstock

Antonyms

deficiency, deficit, insufficiency

2excess adjective : more than the usual, proper, or specified amount

Synonyms

extra, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus—more at SPARE

ex·ces·sive adjective : exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal

Synonyms

extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, lavish, overmuch, steep, stiff; also boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless; intolerable, unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted; improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly

Antonyms

moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate

ex·ces·sive·ly adverb : to an exceptional or even improper degree

Synonyms

inordinately, overly, overmuch, too—more at TOO

exch abbreviation exchange; exchanged

1exchange noun 1 : the giving or taking of one thing in return for another : TRADE

2 : a substituting of one thing for another

3 : interchange of valuables and esp. of bills of exchange or money of different countries

4 : a place where things and services are exchanged; especially : a marketplace for securities

5 : a central office in which telephone lines are connected for communication

6 : a reciprocal interchange (as of things or ideas); also : the act of such an interchange

Synonyms

[1] barter, commutation, swap, trade, truck; also replacement, substitution; reciprocation, recompense, requital; bargain, deal, horse trade, negotiation, transaction; bargaining, dealing, dickering, haggling, horse trading; logrolling

[6] colloquy, conversation, dialogue, discourse, discussion—more at CONVERSATION

2exchange verb ex·changed; ex·chang·ing : to transfer in return for some equivalent : SWAP

— ex·change·able adjective

Synonyms

change, commute, shift, substitute, swap, switch, trade—more at CHANGE

ex·che·quer noun [ORIGIN: ME escheker, fr. AF, chessboard, counting table, office charged with revenue collection, fr. eschec check (in chess), chess]

: TREASURY; especially : a national treasury

ex·cise noun : a tax on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity

ex·ci·sion noun : removal by or as if by cutting out esp. by surgical means

— ex·cise verb

ex·cit·able adjective : easily excited

— ex·cit·abil·i·ty noun

Synonyms

flighty, fluttery, high-strung, jittery, jumpy, nervous, skittish, spooky; also hot-blooded, mercurial, temperamental, unstable, volatile; anxious, edgy, jumpy, nervy, tense, uptight; emotional, hypersensitive, intense, sensitive, soulful; dramatic, histrionic, melodramatic; irascible, irritable, prickly, testy, touchy

Antonyms

unflappable

ex·cite verb ex·cit·ed; ex·cit·ing 1 : to stir up the emotions of

2 : to increase the activity of : STIMULATE

— ex·ci·ta·tion noun

— ex·cit·ed·ly adverb

— ex·cit·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] electrify, exhilarate, galvanize, intoxicate, thrill, titillate, turn on—more at THRILL

[2] arouse, encourage, fire, incite, instigate, move, pique, provoke, stimulate, stir

ex·cite·ment noun 1 : something that excites or rouses

2 : the action of exciting : the state of being excited

Synonyms

[1] incitement, instigation, provocation, stimulus—more at PROVOCATION

[2] appetite, ardor, avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, hunger, impatience, keenness, thirst—more at EAGERNESS

ex·cit·ing adjective : producing excitement

Synonyms

breathtaking, electric, exhilarating, rousing, stirring, thrilling; also arresting, interesting, intriguing,