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circuitousness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of circuitousness

1 as in circularity, digressiveness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for circuitousness

circularity,
digressiveness

circumlocution,
diffuseness,
diffusion,
garrulity,
garrulousness,
logorrhea,
long-windedness,
periphrasis,
prolixity,
redundancy,
verbalism,
verbiage,
verboseness,
verbosity,
windiness,
wordage,
wordiness

pleonasm,
tautology

reiteration,
repetition,
repetitiousness,
repetitiveness

embellishment,
embroidering,
exaggeration,
hyperbole,
overstatement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for circuitousness

brevity,
briefness,
compactness,
conciseness,
concision,
crispness,
pithiness,
succinctness,
terseness

2 as in indirectness, circuity

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for circuitousness

circuity,
indirectness

impenetrability,
incomprehensibility,
incomprehensibleness

deepness,
depth,
profoundness

cloudiness,
dimness,
faintness,
fogginess,
fuzziness,
haziness,
indefiniteness,
indistinctness,
mistiness,
shade,
shadow,
uncertainty,
vagueness

abstruseness,
abstrusity,
complexity,
complication,
difficulty,
obtuseness

mystery,
reconditeness

ambiguity,
ambiguousness,
darkness,
equivocalness,
equivocation,
inscrutability,
inscrutableness,
murkiness,
mysteriousness,
nebulosity,
nebulousness,
obliqueness,
obliquity,
obscurity,
opacity,
opaqueness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for circuitousness

clarity,
clearness,
obviousness,
plainness

comprehensibility,
intelligibility,
legibility

brightness,
distinctness,
self-evidence

certainty,
surety

definiteness,
exactness,
explicitness,
incision,
incisiveness,
lucidity,
lucidness,
perspicuity,
perspicuousness

directness,
forthrightness,
openness,
straightforwardness

palpability,
tangibility,
tangibleness,
visibility

readability,
readableness

obviousness

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