glutnoun [ C ]
uk/ɡlʌt/us/ɡlʌt/a supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted:
The fall in demand for coffee could cause a glut on/in the market.
The current glut of graduates means that many of them will not be able to find jobs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- make a pig of yourself idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- redundant
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
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glut
verb [ T often passive ] ukusplural -tt-
Higher mortgage rates and over-building left some markets glutted with unsold houses.