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| Main Entry: | wordy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, chatty*, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby*, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble, windy*, palaverous, pleonastic |
| Antonyms: | concise, untalkative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | bombastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pompous, grandiloquent |
| Synonyms: | aureate, balderdash, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiose, high-flown, highfalutin*, histrionic, inflated, loudmouthed, magniloquent, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, ranting, rhapsodic, rhetorical, sonorous, stuffed shirt*, swollen, tumid, turgid, verbose, windbag*, windy, wordy, big-talking, euphuistic, full of hot air |
| Antonyms: | humble, quiet, reserved, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | copious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, bountiful, extensive, exuberant, full, galore, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lush, luxuriant, overflowing, plentiful, plenty, profuse, prolix, replete, rich, verbose, wordy, a mess of, alive with, aplenty, bounteous, coming out of ears, crawling with, no end, plenteous, superabundant, thick with |
| Antonyms: | lacking, meager, needy, poor, rare, scarce, wanting, needing |
| Main Entry: | effusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, profuse |
| Synonyms: | demonstrative, ebullient, enthusiastic, expansive, extravagant, exuberant, fulsome, gabby*, lavish, outpouring, overflowing, prolix, talkative, unreserved, unrestrained, verbose, windbag*, windy*, wordy, all jaw, big mouthed, free-flowing, gushy, unconstrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, euphemistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windy, wordy, embellished, euphuistic, ornamented |
| Antonyms: | plain, unembellished, inelaborate, unflowery, unornate |
| Main Entry: | fluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | articulate |
| Synonyms: | chatty, cogent, copious, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, flowing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, mellifluous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running, silver-tongued*, smooth, talkative, verbose, vocal, voluble, wordy, cursive, mellifluent, smooth-spoken, well-versed |
| Antonyms: | hesitant, inarticulate, unprepared, effortful, unfluent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | chatty, effusive, garrulous, glib, gushing, long-winded*, loquacious, mouthy*, prolix, verbose, voluble, windy*, wordy, chattering, gossiping, jabbering, loose-lipped, prattling, talky |
| Antonyms: | quiet, secretive, close-mouthed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garrulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | blabbermouth*, chatty, effusive, gabby, glib, gushing, long-winded*, loquacious, mouthy, prolix, verbose, voluble, windy*, wordy, babbling, chattering, flap jaw, gossiping, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, motormouth, prating, prattling, prosy, running on at the mouth, wind-bag, yakkity, yakky |
| Antonyms: | mum, quiet, reserved, silent, still, untalkative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inflated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, distended, enlarged, extended, filled, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, pretentious, prolix, puffed, ranting, rhetorical, showy, spread, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, dilated, dropsical, euphuistic, magnified, overestimated, pumped up, rhapsodical, stretched, surcharged |
| Antonyms: | deflated, shrunken |
| Main Entry: | lengthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended |
| Synonyms: | diffuse, dragging, elongate, elongated, interminable, long, long-winded, padded, prolix, prolonged, tedious, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, windy, wordy, drawn-out, lengthened, longish, overlong, protracted, very long |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, curtailed, shortened |
| Main Entry: | loquacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | chatty, fluent, gabby*, garrulous, long-winded*, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy, babbling, chattering, gossipy, jabbering, loose-lipped, motormouth, multiloquent, yacking |
| Notes: | loquacious means very talkative or full of trivial conversation; articulate means expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
| Antonyms: | quiet, restrained, silent, subdued |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | redundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive; repetitious |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, extra, extravagant, inordinate, long-winded*, loquacious, oratorical, padded, prolix, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautological, unnecessary, unwanted, verbose, wordy, de trop, inessential, iterating, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, reiterating, supererogatory |
| Antonyms: | concise, essential, single, singular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talkative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessively communicative |
| Synonyms: | articulate, chatty*, effusive, eloquent, fluent, gabby*, garrulous, glib, long-winded*, loquacious, loudmouthed*, mouthy*, prolix, slick*, smooth*, verbal, verbose, vocal, voluble, windy*, wordy, big-mouthed, chattering, full of hot air, gossipy, loose-lipped, multiloquent, rattling, talky |
| Antonyms: | quiet, reserved, silent, uncommunicative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | voluble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative |
| Synonyms: | articulate, chatty*, fluent, gabby, garrulous, long-winded*, loquacious, mouthy*, prolix, rambling, slick*, smooth*, verbal, windy*, wordy, bigmouthed, chattering, full of hot air, multiloquent, running on, talky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interminable, excessive in length |
| Synonyms: | boundless, delayed, diffuse, dilatory, dragging, late, lengthy, limitless, long-winded*, prolix, prolonged, slow, sustained, tardy, unending, verbose, wordy, diffusive, drawn-out, for ages, forever and a day, lingering, long-drawn-out, overlong, protracted, without end |
| Antonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, short |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | windy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talkative; boastful |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, diffuse, empty, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, meandering, pompous, prolix, rambling, redundant, turgid, verbose, wordy, palaverous |
| Antonyms: | uncommunicative, unresponsive |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | prolixity |
| Part of Speech: | |
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Adjectives: |
ambagious, circumlocutory, copious, diffuse, digressive, discursive, episodic, excursive, exuberant, flatulent, frothy, largiloquent, lengthy, long, long, long drawn out, longsome, maundering, periphrastic, pleonastic, profuse, prolix, prosing, protracted, rambling, roundabout, spun out, verbose, wordy
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