too many

determiner

Excessive (used with countable nouns).

“Nowadays most children get far too many toys.”

Meanings

determiner
  1. Excessive (used with countable nouns).

    Nowadays most children get far too many toys.

    2 more examples

    I think you served me a couple too many shrimp on my plate.

    Even if only a single child ends up hurt, that would be one too many.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Catalan massa
  • massaexcessive
Esperanto troa
  • troaexcessive
French trop de
  • trop deexcessive
German zu viel
  • zu vielexcessive
Hungarian túl sok
  • túl sokexcessive
Irish ainiomad, iomarca
  • ainiomadexcessive
  • iomarcaexcessive
Italian troppi, troppe
  • troppiexcessive
  • troppeexcessive
Portuguese demasiado
  • demasiadoexcessive
Romanian prea mulți, prea multe
  • prea mulțiexcessive
  • prea multeexcessive
Spanish demasiado
  • demasiadoexcessive
Welsh gormod
  • gormodexcessive
Cite this entry
APA

too many. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20many

MLA

“too many.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20many. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “too many,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20many.

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