too

adverb

ˈtü 

1

: besides, also

sell the house and furniture too

2

a

: to an excessive degree : excessively

too large a house for us

b

: to such a degree as to be regrettable

this time he has gone too far

c

: very

didn't seem too interested

3

: so sense 2d

"I didn't do it." "You did too."

Synonyms

• devilishly
• excessively
• exorbitantly
• inordinately
• intolerably
• monstrously
• overly
• overmuch
• unacceptably
• unduly

Examples of too in a Sentence

Too, Uncle Jake's hair was still a hard, young, brown color whereas Father's was full of pleasant gray streaks. —Peter Taylor, The Old Forest and Other Stories, 1985

The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. —Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, 1884

"My dear Jane!" exclaimed Elizabeth, "you are too good. Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you." —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813

We are selling the house and the furniture too.

He saw something, and she saw it too.

I want to go too!

The soup is too hot.

The offer was too good to refuse.

This shirt is way too big for me.

She is much too young to be watching this movie.

You gave me too many cards.

I have too much to do.

He works much too hard.

Recent Examples on the Web

Keith has turned Danni down too many times and can feel the tension from her. —Emma Soren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024

Gift cards, too, are simply cash by another name, only restricted to specific stores. —Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024

Bears poach hot tubs, vandalize yard decor, and steal too many crash cans to count. —Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024

Ellison found junior Toray Davis for a pair of TDs and ran one in to give the Knights a 21-0 lead in the first half that proved too much for Chatfield (8-4) to overcome. —Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing too

• all too
• all too often
• all too real
• all too soon
• (and) not before time (too)
• born too late
• go too far
• have a few too many
• have one's cake and eat it too
• in the not too distant future
• in (too) deep
• me-too
• none/not too thrilled
• none too
• none too pleased
• none too soon
• not a moment too soon
• not (too) shabby
• not to put too fine a point on it
• one too many
• only too
• pushed things too far
• take themselves too seriously
• too bad
• too big for one's boots
• too big for one's britches
• too clever by half
• too close for comfort
• too close to call
• too good to be true
• too good to miss
• too good to refuse
• too little, too late
• too many to count
• too much
• too near for comfort
• too numerous to list
• too numerous to mention
• too soon
• too-too
• wired (a little) too tight/tightly

Kids Definition

too

adverb

(ˈ)tü 

1

: in addition : also

sell the house and the furniture too

2

: to a degree greater than wanted or needed

the soup is too hot

this has gone on too long

3

: very entry 2 sense 1

the climb was not too hard