Thesaurus:verbosity

Thesaurus:verbosity

THESAURUS

verbosity

English

Synonyms

• ambages (plural only)

• circumlocution

• long-windedness

• periphrase

• periphrasis

• perissology

• prolixity

• verboseness

• verbosity

• wordiness

Antonyms

• brevity

• conciseness

• concision

• laconism

• succinctness

• terseness

Hyponyms

• battology

• pleonasm

• tautology

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• talkativeness    [WS]

Hypernyms

• excess    [WS]

Various

• verbiage

See also

• Thesaurus:verbose
• Thesaurus:word

Further reading

• “573. diffuseness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “verbosity” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.