Entry Word: verbiage

Function: noun

Meaning: the use of too many words to express an idea <teachers loathe the verbiage that students resort to in order to pad a paper>

Synonyms circumlocution, diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, redundancy, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

Related Words circuitousness, circularity; tautology; reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness; embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole

Near Antonyms brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness