Synonyms of verbose

verbose 1 of 2

adjective

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

had to wade through a verbose letter of complaint

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• talkative
• prolix
• wordy
• exaggerated
• redundant
• garrulous
• communicative
• pleonastic
• long-winded
• diffuse
• circuitous
• conversational
• circumlocutory
• logorrheic
• loquacious
• voluble
• windy
• talky
• chatty
• repetitious
• tautological
• periphrastic
• tautologous
• bombastic
• gabby
• gaseous
• gassy
• grandiloquent
• embroidered
• hifalutin
• embellished
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concise
• terse
• succinct
• pithy
• compact
• short
• brief
• crisp
• epigrammatic
• summary
• sententious
• aphoristic
• abbreviated
• compendious
• condensed
• laconic
• blunt
• abridged
• brusque
• curt
• abrupt
• shortened
• snippy
• brusk

verbosity

2 of 2

noun

as in wordiness

the use of too many words to express an idea

your ideas are good, but your penchant for verbosity is unfortunate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wordiness
• prolixity
• repetition
• repetitiveness
• logorrhea
• diffuseness
• wordage
• verboseness
• garrulousness
• garrulity
• diffusion
• windiness
• periphrasis
• circumlocution
• long-windedness
• verbalism
• verbiage
• redundancy
• circularity
• exaggeration
• tautology
• hyperbole
• repetitiousness
• pleonasm
• reiteration
• circuitousness
• overstatement
• digressiveness
• embellishment
• embroidering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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