Meanings
- not comparableTo a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.
You talk (much/far/rather) too much.
2 more examples
I was too much affected by their criticisms.
Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
- not comparableTo a sufficiently strong degree to prevent some other action from happening.
I'm not leaving now ... I'm enjoying myself too much!
- More (of something) than is desirable or required.
She's got too much nose but not enough chin.
3 more examples
You ate too much cake at the party, and that's why you feel sick.
There's far too much attention being paid to it.
Patient: ...too much is bad for you. Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1, episode 3 - Much; even a moderate amount of.
They call it a beach, but there isn't too much sand there.
- A quantity which is excessive to the point of being inappropriate, harmful, or overwhelming.
You expect too much from your employees.
1 more example
Patient: ...too much is bad for you. Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1, episode 3 - Something that is absurdly funny or inappropriate.
You really are too much!
- An expression of satisfaction.
Too much, man! That was great!
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbmore than necessary
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄγαν
- ἄγαν (ágan)excessively
Catalan massa
- massaexcessively
Czech příliš
- přílišexcessively
Danish for meget
- for megetexcessively
Dutch te veel
- te veelexcessively
Esperanto tro, troe
- troexcessively
- troeexcessively
Finnish liikaa, riittää
- liikaaexcessively
- riittääan expression of satisfaction
French trop
- tropexcessively
German zu viel
- zu vielexcessively
Greek πάρα πολύ υπερβολικά, υπερβολικά
- πάρα πολύ υπερβολικά (pára polý)excessively
- υπερβολικά (ypervoliká)excessively
Hungarian túlságosan, túlzottan
- túlságosanexcessively
- túlzottanexcessively
- túl sokexcessively
Icelandic vá!
- vá!an expression of satisfaction
Indonesian terlalu banyak, terlalu
- terlalu banyakexcessively
- terlaluexcessively
Irish an iomarca, barraíocht
- an iomarcaexcessively
- barraíochtexcessively
Italian troppo
- troppoexcessively
Japanese 多すぎる
- 多すぎる (ō-sugiru)excessively
Latin nimis, nimium
- nimisexcessively
- nimiumexcessively
Malay terlalu banyak
- terlalu banyakexcessively
Norwegian for mye
- for myeexcessively
Polish za dużo
- za dużoexcessively
Portuguese demais
- demaisexcessively
Russian сли́шком мно́го, сли́шком
- сли́шком мно́го (slíškom mnógo)excessively
- сли́шком (slíškom)excessively
Scottish Gaelic cus
- cusexcessively
Slovak príliš
- prílišexcessively
Spanish demasiado, en demasía
- demasiadoexcessively
- en demasíaexcessively
- demasiadamenteexcessively
- más de la cuentaexcessively
Swedish för mycket
- för mycketexcessively
Tagalog sobra, masyado
- sobraexcessively
- masyadoexcessively
Tamil அதிகம்
- அதிகம் (atikam)excessively
Thai เกินไป, มากไป
- เกินไป (gəən-bpai)excessively
- มากไป (mâak-bpai)excessively
Turkish çok, çok fazla
- çokexcessively
- çok fazlaexcessively
Ukrainian забагато
- забагато (zabahato)excessively
Vietnamese nhiều quá
- nhiều quáexcessively
Welsh gormod
- gormodexcessively
Cite this entry
too much. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20much
“too much.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20much. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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