Thesaurus:verbose

Thesaurus

verbose

English

Adjective

Sense: abounding in words, containing more words than necessary

Synonyms

• circumlocutory
• diffuse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• periphrastic
• palaverous
• pleonastic
• prolix
• rigmarole
• sesquipedalian
• verbose
• wordy

Antonyms

• concise    [⇒ thesaurus]
• taciturn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unverbose

Hyponyms

• bombastic
• dreich (Northern England, North Midlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland)
• floaty
• fustian    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lexiphanic
• long-winded
• magniloquent
• garrulous
• grandiloquent
• talkative    [⇒ thesaurus]
• windy

Hypernyms

• diffuse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• digressive
• discursive
• excursive
• extravagant
• exuberant
• lengthy
• maundering
• ostentatious
• pretentious    [⇒ thesaurus]
• profuse
• protracted
• rambling
• redundant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• roundabout

Various

• florid
• flowery

Further reading

• “573. diffuseness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “verbose” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.