verbose[adjective]Synonyms: long-winded, circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, prolix, tautological, windy, wordy
Antonyms: concise, laconic
Contrasted words: precise, close, compact, lean, tight
Related Words: flowery,
grandiloquent,
magniloquent,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic,
pleonastic,
tautologous [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ver‧bose /vɜːˈbəʊs $ vɜːrˈboʊs/
adjective using or containing too many words:
For once, his usually verbose wife was content to listen. Legal writing is often unclear and verbose.—verbosely adverb—verbosity /vɜːˈbɒsəti, vɜːˈbɒsɪti $ vɜːrˈbɑː-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲