Circumlocutory


Synonyms for circumlocutory
adj wordy

rambling
meandering
loose
long
lavish
dull

copious
digressive
discursive
exuberant
lengthy
long-winded

profuse
prolix
random
redundant
vague
verbose

windy
waffling
diffusive
palaverous

Antonyms for circumlocutory

confined
restricted
succinct
clear

compact
compressed
concentrated
limited

abbreviated
abridged
brief
short

Synonyms
adj roundabout; unintended

ambiguous
tortuous
oblique
incidental
implied
ancillary
circuitous
collateral
circular
complicated
contingent

crooked
devious
discursive
duplicitous
erratic
eventual
long
long-winded
meandering
obscure
out-of-the-way

rambling
secondary
serpentine
sinister
sinuous
sneaky
subsidiary
underhand
vagrant
wandering
winding

zigzag
long-drawn-out
periphrastic
sneaking
long way home
sidelong
snaking
twisting

Antonyms

direct

straight

straightforward

Synonyms
adj indirect, evasive

backhanded
vague
collateral

roundabout
circular
circuitous

devious
implied
obscure

obliquitous
sidelong

Antonyms

forthright

direct

straightforward

Synonyms
adj indirect

collateral
oblique
circular
ambiguous

circuitous
deviating
devious
discursive

evasive
meandering
tortuous
periphrastic

obliquitous
taking the long way

Antonyms

honest

direct

straightforward

Synonyms
adj wordy, long-winded

bombastic
diffuse
flowery
fustian
gabby
garrulous
grandiloquent

involved
loquacious
magniloquent
prolix
redundant
repeating
repetitious

repetitive
rhetorical
talkative
tautological
tedious
tortuous
windy

periphrastic
pleonastic
talky
full of air
palaverous
tautologous
yacking

Antonyms

concise

succinct

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