Synonyms for periphrastic
- adjective
Most common
circumlocutory ambagious circumlocutious indirect roundabout verbose
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Circumlocutory
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Expressed in more words than are necessary.
He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
Related words
- Word family
- periphrase periphrasis
- Other spellings
- periphrastical
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
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| periphrastic | rising | |
| circumlocutory | falling | |
| circumlocutious | steady | |
| indirect | steady | |
| roundabout | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- verbose
- 8 letters
- indirect3
- 9 letters
- ambagious
- 10 letters
- roundabout3
- 14 letters
- circumlocutory
- 15 letters
- circumlocutious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (indirect3 = 3 syllables).