| Main Entry: | prolix |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
Synonyms: |
diffuse, lengthy, rambling, tedious, verbose, windy |
| Main Entry: | prolix |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prolonged |
Synonyms: |
diffuse, lengthy, protracted, redundant, tedious, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, wordy |
| Main Entry: | copious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
Synonyms: |
a mess of, alive with, ample, aplenty, bounteous, bountiful, coming out of ears, crawling with, extensive, exuberant, full, galore, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, no end, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolix, replete, rich, superabundant, thick with, verbose, wordy |
Antonyms: |
lacking, meager, needing, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting |
| Main Entry: | diffuse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy |
Synonyms: |
circumlocutory, copious, diffusive, digressive, discursive, dull, exuberant, lavish, lengthy, long, long-winded, loose, meandering, palaverous, profuse, prolix, rambling, random, redundant, vague, verbose, waffling, windy |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, brief, short, succinct |
| Main Entry: | discursive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rambling |
Synonyms: |
deviating, digressive, erratic, excursive, long-winded, meandering, prolix, roaming, roving, spreading, wandering |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
Synonyms: |
abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
active, exciting, interesting, lively |
| Main Entry: | effusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, profuse |
Synonyms: |
all jaw, big mouthed, demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic, expansive, extravagant, exuberant, free-flowing, fulsome, gabby, gushy, lavish, outpouring, overflowing, prolix, talkative, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, verbose, windbag, windy, wordy |
| Main Entry: | flatulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretentious, long-winded |
Synonyms: |
bombastic, inflated, oratorical, overblown, pompous, prolix, shallow, superficial, swollen, tedious, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy, wordy |
Antonyms: |
brief, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | flowery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ornate, especially referring to speech or writing |
Synonyms: |
aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, embellished, euphemistic, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, ornamented, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windy, wordy |
Antonyms: |
inelaborate, plain, unembellished, unflowery, unornate |
| Main Entry: | gabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
Synonyms: |
chattering, chatty, effusive, garrulous, glib, gossiping, gushing, jabbering, long-winded, loose-lipped, loquacious, mouthy, prattling, prolix, talky, verbose, voluble, windy, wordy |
Antonyms: |
close-mouthed, quiet, secretive |