Meaning & use
too much
More than is necessary, wanted, or manageable; an excessive amount or degree.
See it in a sentence
Eating too much before bed usually gives me trouble sleeping.
The constant noise from the construction site was simply too much to bear.
A note on using this word
Too much can modify a noun directly, as in 'too much sugar,' or stand alone to mean overwhelming, as in 'it's all too much.'
Words with a similar meaning
excessiveoverwhelming
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
too littleinsufficient
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