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pleonas·tic
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Princeton's WordNet
pleonastic, redundant, tautologic, tautologicaladjective
repetition of same sense in different words
"`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
Synonyms:
excess, tautologic, superfluous, supernumerary, supererogatory, tautological, surplus, spare, extra, redundantAntonyms:
concise
Editors Contribution
sesquipedalian
adjective form of pleonasm, defined as “the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning”
though knowledgeable, professor danford lectures in a pleonastic manner.
Submitted by dawar_k on February 2, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pleonasticadjective
Synonyms:
redundant, tautological, diffuse
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1378 | extra | |
#4133 | excess | |
#6173 | spare | |
#7783 | surplus | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#118122 | supernumerary | |
#156902 | tautological |
Translations for pleonastic
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- pleonasticArabic
- pleonastickýCzech
- pleonastiskDanish
- pleonastischGerman
- πλεοναστικόςGreek
- pleonastajEsperanto
- redundante, pleonásticoSpanish
- شایعPersian
- pleonastinenFinnish
- pléonastiqueFrench
- pleonasticIrish
- pleonasztikus, szóhalmazó, szószaporítóHungarian
- yg berlebihanIndonesian
- espletivo, ridondante, pleonasticoItalian
- פליאונסטיתHebrew
- 冗語Japanese
- ಪ್ಲೆನಾಸ್ಟಿಕ್Kannada
- 신랄한Korean
- pleonasticLatin
- pleonastischDutch
- pleonastiskNorwegian
- pleonastycznyPolish
- pleonásticoPortuguese
- pleonasticRomanian
- плеонастическийRussian
- pleonastiskSwedish
- pleonasticTamil
- pleonasticTelugu
- ร่าเริงThai
- pleonastikTurkish
- плеонастичнийUkrainian
- خوشگوارUrdu
- đầy đủVietnamese
- פּלעאָנאַסטיקYiddish
- 多孔的Chinese
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