Synonyms for "long-windedness" (27 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(1 words)

verbosity

big mouthcandordullnessfluencyfrankness

Strong matches (8)

gift of gabglibnessgushlogorrhealoquacityopenness

Noun(2 words)

logorrhealongiloquence

Related words (13)

Noun(5 words)

prolixityprolixnessverbiagewindinesswordiness

rhetoricslushsociabilitytautologytediumverbiageverbosityvolubility

Related word relations

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2 relation types

More general

2 entries

verbosenessverbosity

Related terms

7 entries

ambagesbelabourcircumlocutionlong-windedloquacitypleniloquenceverbose

Translations

3 translations across 3 languages.

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German

1 entries

• Langatmigkeit noun (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity)

Greek

1 entries

• απεραντολογία noun (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity)

Polish

1 entries

• rozwlekłość noun (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity)

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