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circumlocutory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of circumlocutory

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

the studioʼs statement that "the filmʼs earnings did not live up to expectations" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop

Synonyms of circumlocutory

circuitous, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

Words Related to circumlocutory

chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated

bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin)

Near Antonyms of circumlocutory

aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious

compendious, summary

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, laconic, snippy

Antonyms of circumlocutory

compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse

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