verbiage
Too many words
Verbiage is an excess of words—language that uses more words than necessary to convey meaning.
The term is usually critical: The contract was buried in legal verbiage.
Some use it more neutrally to mean simply the words used: We need to finalize the verbiage for the press release.
This looser sense bothers purists who insist verbiage implies wordiness.
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
garrulity · logorrhea · loquacity · diffuseness · windiness · turgidity · volubility · expatiation
Redundant expression
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- repetitionAct of redoing
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
- redundancyNeedless duplication
repetitive · reiterative · surplus · unnecessary · filler · padding · deadwood · boilerplate
Attorneys' technical jargon
- buzzwordTrendy jargon, often hollow
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
- officialesePompous administrative writing
bureaucratese · doublespeak · corporatespeak · gibberish · mumbo-jumbo · terminology · nomenclature · argot
Manner of verbal expression
- wordingSpecific language chosen
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
formulation · style · syntax · locution · parlance · usage · prose
Art of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
persuasion · expressiveness · clarity · discourse · silver-tongued · persuasive · coherence · expressive
prolixity
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
rambling · garrulity · logorrhea · loquacity · diffuseness · windiness · turgidity · volubility · expatiation · discursive
pleonasm
Redundant expression
- tautologyRedundant or circular statement
- repetitionAct of redoing
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
redundancy · repetitive · reiterative · surplus · unnecessary · filler · padding · deadwood · boilerplate · cliché
legalese
Attorneys' technical jargon
- buzzwordTrendy jargon, often hollow
- gobbledygookPretentious unintelligible language
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
officialese · bureaucratese · doublespeak · corporatespeak · gibberish · mumbo-jumbo · terminology · nomenclature · argot · cant
phraseology
Manner of verbal expression
- wordingSpecific language chosen
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
expression · formulation · style · syntax · locution · parlance · usage · prose
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
eloquent · persuasion · expressiveness · clarity · discourse · silver-tongued · persuasive · coherence · expressive · well-spoken
monotonous
Unchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- boringFailing to engage interest
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
dull · wearisome · dragging · lengthy · drawn-out · ponderous · laborious · tedious · dry · sleep-inducing
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- talkativenesstalkativeness, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity, long-windedness
- expressionsexpression, I love you, phrase, idioms, thank you
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- wind wordsbreeze, gust, draft, gale, squall
verbiagebrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · succinctness · terseness · concision · pithiness
verbiagesubstance
Physical material with mass
precision · clarity · directness · plainspokenness · straight talk
verb, proverb, verbal, adverb, verbs, verbose, verbalize, verbally, verbosity