PLEONASTIC Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

pleonastic

adjective

Definition of pleonastic

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea a writer whose penchant for pleonastic phrasings would suggest that he is in dire need of a hard-nosed editor

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On the latest episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took aim at Donald Trump‘s rambling speech during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
People process, remember, and act on information more easily when it’s organized into three buckets instead of an unstructured, rambling, and confusing stream of ideas.

— Carmine Gallo, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of rambling

Adjective

Even the blandest overtures can whip him into a frantic, pornographic, prolix ecstasy.

— Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
The album is a concise, 10-song set, a deliberate contrast to prolix streaming-era albums like the ones released lately by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

— Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 May 2024

Definition of prolix

Adjective

Warsh has elected to break with his three immediate predecessors’ efforts to make the Fed more talkative and transparent.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
In Emme Lund’s 2022 novel, the talkative bird (named Gail) who lives between Owen’s ribs acts as a metaphor for both queerness and disability.

— Chris Martin, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of talkative

Adjective

The Kings’ blue line is too old, slow and limited at breaking the puck out, as Joel Edmundson, Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci are redundant stay-at-home defensemen.

— Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Many of these units of government, such as townships, predate municipalities and are legacy government units that are now redundant.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of redundant

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The loudest or most verbose person in the meeting does not automatically ‘win’ every conversation.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Both Laertes and Polonius are gender-swapped in this production, with Patrice Egleston playing the verbose mother of two daughters instead of a son and a daughter — a change that subtly shifts the dynamics in this family of women.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of verbose

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