Synonyms of gaseous

gaseous

adjective

ˈga-sē-əs 

as in rhetoric

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• rhetorical
• inflated
• gassy
• flatulent
• pontifical
• bombastic
• oratorical
• fustian
• windy
• grandiloquent
• ornate
• orotund
• turgid
• bloated
• pompous
• pretentious
• grandiose
• elevated
• florid
• flowery
• stilted
• lofty
• hifalutin
• high-sounding
• verbose
• tumid
• wordy
• high-flown
• highfalutin
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eloquent
• direct
• unrhetorical
• plain
• unaffected
• simple
• matter-of-fact
• bald
• unadorned
• unpretentious
• straightforward
• well-spoken
• stark
• plainspoken

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gaseous

Goldberg's words come over a year after The View began an unrelenting battle with gaseous entities, following a horrific water spillage (and mysterious fart noise of unknown origin) that plagued the Hot Topics table in January 2023. —EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024

Officials said a chemical reaction caused styrene, which is naturally a liquid, to heat up into a gaseous state. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024

To that gaseous stew, which is harder to mitigate in this dense city, idling contributes something like 130,000 tons every year. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024

Under the bombardment of sunlight, methane ice transforms to reactive gaseous particles that eventually fuse into larger aerosol molecules such as acetylene, ethylene and ethane. —Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024