Synonyms for prolix
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Adjective
1. Wordy — tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details
wordy, verbose, long-winded, loquacious, tedious, long, diffuse, lengthy, garrulous, rambling, voluble, talkative, chatty, discursive, protracted, redundant, windy, prolonged, gassy, pleonastic, circumlocutory, tautologic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
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- prolixity prolixness
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A prolix writer delights in circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling particulars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- wordy It could've been said in a less wordy way.
- verbose Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.
- loquacious Her loquacious new beau was there, talking everyone's heads off.
- verbal "Verbal power" shouldn't be confused with "insult".
- tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prolix | falling | |
| wordy | steady | |
| verbose | rising | |
| loquacious | rising | |
| verbal | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- long1
- 5 letters
- windy2, wordy2, gassy
- 6 letters
- verbal2, chatty2
- 7 letters
- lengthy2, tedious3, diffuse2, verbose, voluble3
- 8 letters
- rambling2, tiresome3, sonorous3
- 9 letters
- prolonged2, redundant3, talkative3, garrulous3, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- protracted3, discursive3, loquacious3, pleonastic, tautologic
- 14 letters
- circumlocutory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (windy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prolixe
- Italiano
- prolisso
- Español
- prolijo
- Deutsch
- schwatzhaft