Entry Word: windy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 marked by strong wind or more wind than usual <one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees>

Synonyms blowy, blustery, breezy, gusty

Related Words drafty; stormy, tempestuous

Near Antonyms breathless, calm, motionless, still

2 marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases <gave his usual windy speech about working for the people> — see rhetorical
3 using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea <a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners> — see wordy