wordage | Definition of wordage

Synonyms and Antonyms of wordage

the use of too many words to express an idea

somewhere, lost within all that wordage, is a modestly worthwhile idea

Synonyms of wordage

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

Words Related to wordage

circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness

pleonasm, tautology

reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness

embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement

Near Antonyms of wordage

brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness