wordage
Total words used
Wordage is the total quantity of words in a piece of writing, or words collectively: The contract's excessive wordage obscured its meaning.
The term can suggest verbal excess or padding—too many words for too little substance.
Less commonly, wordage refers to wording or phrasing: The wordage of the agreement proved ambiguous.
One's word collection
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- dictionChoice of words
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
nomenclature · phrasing · expression · usage · parlance · jargon · lingo · phraseology
More words than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
garrulous · talkative · diffuse · redundant · padding · filler · bloat · overwrought
vocabulary
One's word collection
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- dictionChoice of words
glossary · nomenclature · phrasing · expression · usage · parlance · jargon · lingo · phraseology · locution
verbose
More words than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
loquacious · garrulous · talkative · diffuse · redundant · padding · filler · bloat · overwrought · turgid
length
Measure of extent
tally · number · page count · manuscript · draft · output · production · copy
wordagebrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · pithiness · concision
wordagesilence
Total lack of sound
wordlessness · muteness · speechlessness · taciturnity · reticence
wordageconciseness
Quality of being brief
pithiness · succinctness · crispness · tightness · precision
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