Synonyms for grandiloquent
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Pompous
pompous, tumid, high-sounding, inflated, pretentious, grandiose, overblown, pontifical, bombastic, stilted, turgid, highfalutin, declamatory, orotund, portentous, high-flown
2. Magniloquent
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
Example sentences
- inflated Have you ever inflated a balloon as big as this one?
- pompous It's much too pompous for such a trivial thing.
- rhetorical A rhetorical question does not require an answer.
- verbose Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grandiloquent | steady | |
| inflated | falling | |
| pompous | rising | |
| tumid | falling | |
| rhetorical | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tall1
- 5 letters
- tumid
- 6 letters
- turgid2
- 7 letters
- pompous2, stilted2, verbose, orotund
- 8 letters
- inflated3
- 9 letters
- grandiose3, overblown3, bombastic3
- 10 letters
- rhetorical4, pontifical4, portentous3
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, highfalutin4, declamatory
- 12 letters
- magniloquent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (turgid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- grandiloquent
- Español
- grandilocuente
- Deutsch
- hochtrabend
- Català
- grandiloqüent