Synonyms for verbiage
ˈvɜr bi ɪdʒver·biage

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1. verbiage

   Circumlocution and periphrasis are roundabout ways of expressing thought; circumlocution is the more common, periphrasis the more technical word. Constant circumlocution produces an affected and heavy style; occasionally, skilful periphrasis conduces both to beauty and to simplicity. Etymologically, diffuseness is a scattering, both of words and thought; redundancy is an overflow. Prolixity goes into endless petty details, without selection or perspective. Pleonasm is the expression of an idea already plainly implied; tautology is the restatement in other words of an idea already stated, or a useless repetition of a word or words. Pleonasm may add emphasis; tautology is always a fault. "I saw it with my eyes" is a pleonasm; "all the members agreed unanimously" is tautology. Verbiage is the use of mere words without thought. Verbosity and wordiness denote an excess of words in proportion to the thought. Tediousness is the sure result of any of these faults of style.

   Synonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbosity, wordiness

   Antonyms:
   brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

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1. verbiage, verbalismnoun

   overabundance of words

   Synonyms:
   diction, expression, verbal expression, verbalism, choice of words, phrasing, phraseology, wording

2. wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiagenoun

   the manner in which something is expressed in words

   "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

   Synonyms:
   diction, enunciation, verbalism, choice of words, phrasing, phraseology, wording

Matched Categories

1. • Formulation
   • Verbosity

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1. verbiagenoun

   Synonyms:
   wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness

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1. verbiagenoun

   Synonyms:
   wordiness, verbosity, perissology, prolixity, pleonasm

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1. List of paraphrases for "verbiage":

   waffle

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How to use verbiage in a sentence?

1. Ilze Falb:

   He loved florid verbiage and jaw-jaw until he cuts himself on Occam's razor.

2. Jeff Bock:

   That verbiage probably scares theater owners.

3. Mayor Andrew Gilich:

   It was an honest error. I think they just pulled the verbiage from it and posted it on the tweet, and when there was a reaction to it, there’s no cover up, Councilman Kenny Glavan told WLOX-TV. You know, we’re all looking at it and saying, ‘ Hey, we need to change it.'.

4. Quentin Crisp:

   Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

5. David Smilde:

   While the verbiage sounds like this is an attempt to replace the National Assembly, it looks like it will be a body that works at a lower level to distribute resources to communes and communal councils, of course the optics of this are alarming ... (but) I doubt it will seriously impede any functions of the National Assembly.