Periphrasis


Synonyms for periphrasis
noun indirect speech

euphemism
diffuseness
wordiness
roundabout

prolixity
pleonasm
verbiage
indirectness

tautology
discursiveness
beating around the bush
circumambages

gassiness
periphrase
verbal evasion
verbality

Antonyms for periphrasis

conciseness
directness

straightforwardness
terseness

Synonyms
noun repetition, wordiness

redundancy
verbosity
circumlocution

loquacity
prolixity
pleonasm

floridity
tautology
long-windedness

expansiveness
periphrase

Antonyms

conciseness

Synonyms
noun excessive in language

diffusion
redundancy
garrulity
diffuseness
verbosity

circumlocution
fecundity
verbiage
loquacity
prolixity

pleonasm
officialese
tautology
logorrhea
loquaciousness

catalogic
macrology
verbality
verbigeration
verbomania

Antonyms

conciseness
directness

straightforwardness
terseness

Synonyms
noun repetition

attrition
profusion
overabundance
superabundance

verbosity
circumlocution
superfluity
verboseness

verbiage
prolixity
pleonasm
supererogation

tautology
copiosity
macrology

Antonyms

lack

conciseness

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