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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
| Synonyms: | circumlocutory, copious, diffusive, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, palaverous, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, waffling, windy |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, brief, short, succinct |
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, de trop, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inessential, inordinate, iterating, long-winded, loquacious, oratorical, padded, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, reiterating, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy |
| Antonyms: | concise, essential, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | verbose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy, long-winded |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, circumlocutory, diffuse, flowery, full of air, fustian, gabby, garrulous, grandiloquent, involved, loquacious, magniloquent, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, repeating, repetitious, repetitive, rhetorical, talkative, talky, tautological, tautologous, tedious, tortuous, windy, yacking |
| Antonyms: | concise, succinct |
| Main Entry: | windy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative; boastful |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, empty, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, meandering, palaverous, pompous, prolix, rambling, redundant, turgid, verbose, wordy |
| Antonyms: | uncommunicative, unresponsive |
| Main Entry: | wordy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, chatty, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble, windy |
| Antonyms: | concise, untalkative |
| Main Entry: | periphrastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, chatty, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble, windy |
| Main Entry: | pleonastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, chatty, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, palaverous, periphrastic, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble, windy |
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