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Synonyms for verbiage
ˈvɜr bi ɪdʒver·biage
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wordinessAntonyms:
brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness
Princeton's WordNet
verbiage, verbalismnoun
overabundance of words
Synonyms:
diction, expression, verbal expression, verbalism, choice of words, phrasing, phraseology, wordingwording, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
verbiagenoun
Synonyms:
wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
verbiagenoun
Synonyms:
wordiness, verbosity, perissology, prolixity, pleonasm
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "verbiage":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2553 | expression | |
#15302 | wording | |
#16133 | redundancy | |
#23670 | waffle | |
#43938 | diction | |
#44850 | phrasing | |
#50252 | verbosity | |
#78060 | verbiage | |
#84177 | phraseology | |
#99591 | tautology | |
#132040 | enunciation | |
#259628 | wordiness | |
#264839 | circumlocution | |
#272458 | surplusage | |
#293192 | tediousness | |
#318584 | prolixity |
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The majority recognized that the Court has spent numerous pages revisiting its own cases and those of the Supreme Court and still “disagree vigorously over what is or is not patentable subject matter.” Instead, the majority urges district courts to avoid the “swamp of verbiage that is § 101 by exercising their inherent power to control the processes of litigation -Yar Chaikovsky McDermott on MySpace v. Graphon Corp
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
People can say whatever they want, and I think China has been saying a lot of things for the past couple of decades, you need to ask yourself what, from a practical perspective, is really happening. We need to see the proof in actions, not just in verbiage.
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.
I don't know if good earnings even get rewarded if it's right around when you see whatever verbiage comes out of the convention.
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