PROLIXITY Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word prolixity. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PROLIXITY
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long-windedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • boring verbosity | ||||||||
prolixness | nounn | |||||||
noun • boring verbosity | ||||||||
windiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mildly windy state of the air • boring verbosity | ||||||||
wordiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • boring verbosity | ||||||||
bombast | nounn | |||||||
noun • pompous or pretentious talk or writing | ||||||||
circumlocution | nounn | |||||||
noun • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things • an indirect way of expressing something | ||||||||
diffuseness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | ||||||||
floridity | nounn | |||||||
noun • extravagant elaborateness | ||||||||
garrulity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being wordy and talkative | ||||||||
grandiloquence | nounn | |||||||
noun • high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | ||||||||
logorrhea | nounn | |||||||
noun • pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking | ||||||||
loquacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being wordy and talkative | ||||||||
periphrasis | nounn | |||||||
noun • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | ||||||||
pleonasm | nounn | |||||||
noun • using more words than necessary | ||||||||
redundancy | nounn | |||||||
noun • repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission • the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded • (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails • repetition of an act needlessly | ||||||||
tautology | nounn | |||||||
noun • (logic) a statement that is necessarily true • useless and pointless repetition | ||||||||
verbiage | nounn | |||||||
noun • overabundance of words • the manner in which something is expressed in words | ||||||||
verbosity | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words | ||||||||
volubility | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being facile in speech and writing |