Words and phrases that have a meaning related to verbosity: (124 results)
Antonyms:
terseness
Often used in the same context:
wordiness, prolixity, loquacity, loquaciousness, inarticulateness, logorrhea, grandiloquence, cantankerousness, pithiness, pomposity, pedantry, pugnacity, irascibility, terseness, journalese, eloquence, succinctness, chattiness, hyperboles, circumlocution, wordplay, taciturnity, erudition, garrulousness, pompousness, bombast, articulacy, cleverness, punctiliousness, glibness, inscrutability, deprecating, bluntness, tactlessness, clownishness, braggadocio, articulateness, malapropism, jocularity, facetiousness, perspicuity, concision, imperiousness, peevishness, acerbity, jackassery, orotund, prose, impishness, dilettantism, brusqueness, sarcasms, smarm, gregariousness, didacticism, incoherency, apercus, diffidence, affability, talkativeness, puerility, brevity, triteness, grammarian, eccentricity, archness, political incorrectness, precocity, inoffensiveness, presumptuousness, perspicacity, chirpiness, speechifying, virtuosity, indirectness, superciliousness, ironist, digressions, volubility, crassness, obtuseness, epigrams, quotability, ribaldry, similes, unorthodoxy, histrionics, fastidiousness, politesse, audaciousness, studiousness, idiosyncrasy, gruffness, unintelligibility, verbiage, pointedness, archaisms, ineloquent, intellect, crudities, flamboyance, antonym, diffuseness, artificiality, pretentiousness, frivolity, affectation, formality, procrastination, lavishness, tediousness, extravagance, heaviness, ostentation
More specific:
long-windedness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness
More general:
expressive style, style
Synonyms:
Also try:verboseness
— Adjectives for verbosity: own, mere, excessive, pompous, much, empty, unnecessary, tedious, usual, sheer, exuberant, more...
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