prolix | Definition of prolix

Synonyms and Antonyms of prolix

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

a person known for habitually transforming brief anecdotes into prolix sagas that exhaust their listeners

Synonyms of prolix

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, garrulous, logorrheic, long-winded, pleonastic, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

Words Related to prolix

chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky, voluble

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated

bombastic, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin)

Near Antonyms of prolix

aphoristic, epigrammatic, sententious

compendious, summary

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, shortened

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, laconic, snippy

Antonyms of prolix

compact, concise, crisp, pithy, succinct, terse