Synonyms for "sententious" (161 found)

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Closest matches (33)

aphoristicconcisepithypretentiousabbreviatedabridgedadmonitoryadvisoryaffectedallegoricalaposiopesticassociationalaxiomaticbedizenedbig-soundingbriefbrusquecautionaryclippedclose

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compactcompendiouscompressedcondensedconnotationalconnotativeconsultativeconsultatorycontractedconvolutedcrisp

Adjective(2 words)

aphoristicconcise

Strong matches (48)

curtcutdeclamatorydefinabledenotationaldenotativedidacticdirectivedockedelevatedellipticellipticaleloquentepigrammaticeuphuisticexhortativeexhortatoryexpostulativeexpostulatoryexpressive

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extendedextensionalfacundfigurativeflamboyantflamingflashyflauntingformulaicformulisticfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substancefulsomegarishgaudygnomicgongoresquegrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonanthigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-sounding

Related words (80)

highfalutinhortativehortatoryindicativeinkhorninstructiveintelligibleintensionalinterpretablejohnsonianlabyrinthinelaconiclexiphanicloftyluridmagniloquentmeaningmeaningfulmeatymeretricious

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metaphoricalmonitorialmonitorymoralisticmovingorotundostentatiousoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpedanticpiquantplatitudinouspointedpompouspreachypregnantproverbialprunedpungentreadablerecommendatoryreferentialremonstrantremonstrativeremonstratoryreservedrhetoricalrichsensationalsensationalisticshortshort and sweetshortenedshowysignificantsignificativesonorousspartanstiltedsubstantialsuccinctsuggestivesummarysymbolicsymbolicalsynopsizedtaciturntalltersetightto the pointtortuoustransferredtruncatedwarning

Adjective(2 words)

pithysaying

Adjective(1 words)

pithy

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Synonyms

3 entries

aphoristicconcisepithy

Related terms

1 entries

sentential

derived

5 entries

oversententioussententiositysententiouslysententiousnessunsententious

related to

8 entries

aphorismconcisemaximmeaningmoralizingpithysententialtrite

similar

4 entries

concisepretentious

Translations

36 translations across 11 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries

• ἀποφθεγματικός adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• афористичен adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Dutch

2 entries

• kernachtig adj (using as few words as possible)
• moraliserend adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Finnish

4 entries

• lyhytsanainen adj (using as few words as possible)
• niukkasanainen adj (using as few words as possible)
• tiivis adj (using as few words as possible)
• ytimekäs adj (using as few words as possible)

French

4 entries

• concis adj (using as few words as possible)
• laconique adj (using as few words as possible)
• pontifiant adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)
• pédant adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Greek

1 entries

• αποφθεγματικός adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Italian

3 entries

• conciso adj (using as few words as possible)
• laconico adj (using as few words as possible)
• succinto adj (using as few words as possible)

Russian

4 entries

• афористи́чный adj (using as few words as possible)
• кра́ткий adj (using as few words as possible)
• лаконичный adj (using as few words as possible)
• менторский adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)

Spanish

4 entries

• conciso adj (using as few words as possible)
• lacónico adj (using as few words as possible)
• sentencioso adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)
• sucinto adj (using as few words as possible)

Swedish

4 entries

• aforistisk adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)
• förnumstig adj (tending to use aphorisms or maxims)
• koncis adj (using as few words as possible)
• kärnfull adj (using as few words as possible)

Tibetan

2 entries

• ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ adj (using as few words as possible)
• ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང adj (using as few words as possible)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.

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