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Synonyms and Antonyms of redundancy

1 the use of too many words to express an idea
  • even though the phrase "free gift" is a redundancy, many retailers still use it to assure customers that an item is really free
Synonyms of redundancy

circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, verbalism, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness
Words Related to redundancy

circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness

pleonasm, tautology

reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness

embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement
Near Antonyms of redundancy

brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness
2 the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed
  • there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area
Synonyms of redundancy

bellyful, excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, overplus, oversupply, plethora, plus, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, surplusage
Words Related to redundancy

abundance, bounty, plentitude, plenty, profusion, sufficiency

overproduction, overstock
Near Antonyms of redundancy

dearth, lack, scarcity, want
Antonyms of redundancy

deficiency, deficit, insufficiency, undersupply
3 chiefly British the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
  • several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy
Synonyms of redundancy

ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, layoff
Words Related to redundancy

pink slip

bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack

closing, shutdown

shakeout, shake-up
Near Antonyms of redundancy

callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring

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