Verbosity

Quick meaning: Verbosity is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.

Meaning

(rhetoric) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.

Example Sentences

With Christie's words about "all-talk-no-action" in mind, notice that Obama and his two secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, as well as his vice president, Joe Biden, were all senators, the last two serving for two or three decades, respectively. Not forgetting the ill-fated secretary of defense, Senator Chuck Hagel. Their capacity for talking so much and saying so little is astonishing. Their verbosity is unpalatable.

Word Forms

• verbosities

Synonyms for verbosity

Depending on context, synonyms include ambages, circumlocution, logorrhea, logorrhoea, long-windedness, overwordiness.

Antonyms for verbosity

Common opposites include succinctness, terseness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include detail, length, drill, granularity, wordiness, long-windedness.

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