Antonyms for verbose
vərˈboʊsver·bose

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1. verboseadjective

   Antonyms:
   terse, concise

   Synonyms:
   wordy, long-winded

2. verboseadjective

   Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.

   Even the most jingoistic of native-speakers of Spanish admit their language is verbose; compared to what can be said in a sentence in English, it sometimes takes a paragraph of explanation in Spanish to say the same thing.

   Antonyms:
   terse, concise

   Synonyms:
   wordy, long-winded

3. verboseadjective

   Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

   Synonyms:
   long-winded, wordy

   Antonyms:
   terse, concise

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1. verbose

   Garrulous signifies given to constant trivial talking. Chattering signifies uttering rapid, noisy, and unintelligible, or scarcely intelligible, sounds, whether articulate words or such as resemble them; chattering is often used of vocal sounds that may be intelligible by themselves but are ill understood owing to confusion of many voices or other cause. The talkative person has a strong disposition to talk, with or without an abundance of words, or many ideas; the loquacious person has an abundant flow of language and much to say on any subject suggested; either may be lively and for a time entertaining; the garrulous person is tedious, repetitious, petty, and self-absorbed. Verbose is applied to utterances more formal than conversation, as to writings or public addresses. We speak of a chattering monkey or a chattering idiot, a talkative child, a talkative or loquacious woman, a garrulous old man, a verbose writer. Compare CIRCUMLOCUTION.

   Antonyms:
   laconic, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn

   Synonyms:
   chattering, garrulous, loquacious, talkative

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. verbose

   Antonyms:
   curt, laconic, succinct, terse, concise

   Synonyms:
   windy, prolix, prosy, tedious

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordyadjective

   using or containing too many words

   "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

   Antonyms:
   concise

   Synonyms:
   dull, wearisome, windy, wordy, boring, blowy, tedious, slow, impractical, airy, tiresome, breezy, ho-hum, long-winded, irksome, visionary, deadening

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