| Main Entry: | tautological |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | repetitious |
Synonyms: |
pleonastic, redundant, reiterating, reiterative |
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
Synonyms: |
bombastic, de trop, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inessential, inordinate, iterating, long-winded, loquacious, oratorical, padded, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, reiterating, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy |
Antonyms: |
concise, essential, single, singular |
| Main Entry: | repetitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy, tedious |
Synonyms: |
alliterative, boring, dull, echoic, iterant, iterative, long-winded, plangent, pleonastic, prolix, recapitulatory, redundant, reiterative, repeating, repetitive, resonant, tautological, verbose, windy |
Antonyms: |
concise, simple |
| Main Entry: | verbose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wordy, long-winded |
Synonyms: |
bombastic, circumlocutory, diffuse, flowery, full of air, fustian, gabby, garrulous, grandiloquent, involved, loquacious, magniloquent, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, repeating, repetitious, repetitive, rhetorical, talkative, talky, tautological, tautologous, tedious, tortuous, windy, yacking |
Antonyms: |
concise, succinct |