Synonyms of circumlocutory

circumlocutory

adjective

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

the studio's statement that "the film's earnings did not live up to expectations" was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• prolix
• talkative
• verbose
• exaggerated
• circuitous
• pleonastic
• wordy
• diffuse
• communicative
• conversational
• garrulous
• long-winded
• redundant
• logorrheic
• loquacious
• voluble
• windy
• tautological
• periphrastic
• talky
• repetitious
• tautologous
• chatty
• gaseous
• bombastic
• gabby
• grandiloquent
• hifalutin
• embroidered
• gassy
• embellished
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concise
• terse
• pithy
• succinct
• compact
• short
• brief
• epigrammatic
• crisp
• aphoristic
• sententious
• summary
• abbreviated
• compendious
• condensed
• blunt
• laconic
• abridged
• curt
• brusque
• abrupt
• shortened
• snippy
• brusk