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Synonyms for circumlocutory

  • adjective

Most common

periphrastic ambagious circumlocutious indirect roundabout verbose circuitous prolix

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Periphrastic

periphrastic, ambagious, circumlocutious

Other

indirect, roundabout, verbose, circuitous, prolix, circumlocuitous, circumlocutional, circumlocutionary

Antonyms

taut, terse, lapidary

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy

Example sentences

  • indirect Taxes consist of direct taxes and indirect ones.
  • roundabout There's a new roundabout as you enter the village.
  • verbose Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
circumlocutoryfalling
periphrasticrising
circumlocutioussteady
indirectsteady
roundaboutrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
prolix
7 letters
verbose
8 letters
indirect3
9 letters
ambagious
10 letters
roundabout3, circuitous4
12 letters
periphrastic
15 letters
circumlocutious, circumlocuitous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (indirect3 = 3 syllables).