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Synonyms & Antonyms of gaseous
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
- a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep
Synonyms for gaseous
- bombastic,
- flatulent,
- fustian,
- gassy,
- grandiloquent,
- oratorical,
- orotund,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric),
- windy
Words Related to gaseous
- bloated,
- elevated,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-flown,
- high-sounding,
- inflated,
- lofty,
- ornate,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- stilted,
- tumid,
- turgid
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The first known use of gaseous was in 1799
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