Relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of words

• verbal

  1. Of, relating to, or associated with words:
  2. Concerned with words only rather than with content or ideas:
  3. Consisting of words alone without action:

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  1. Of, relating to, or associated with words:
  2. Concerned with words only rather than with content or ideas:
  3. Consisting of words alone without action:

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Using or containing an excessive number of words

• verbose

  1. Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy.

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  1. Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy.

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• redundant

  1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
  2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression:
  3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.

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  1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
  2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression:
  3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.

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• prolix

  1. Tediously prolonged; wordy:
  2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length.

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  1. Tediously prolonged; wordy:
  2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length.

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• pleonastic

  1. Of, or relating to pleonasm.
  2. Using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning.

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  1. Of, or relating to pleonasm.
  2. Using an excessive number of words; especially using different words having the same meaning.

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• periphrastic

  1. Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
  2. Constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than an inflected form; for example, of father is the periphrastic possessive case of father but father's is the inflected possessive case, and did say is the periphrastic past tense of say but said is the inflected past tense.

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  1. Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
  2. Constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than an inflected form; for example, of father is the periphrastic possessive case of father but father's is the inflected possessive case, and did say is the periphrastic past tense of say but said is the inflected past tense.

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• long-winded

  1. Wearisomely verbose:
  2. Able to maintain breathing power during exertion:

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  1. Wearisomely verbose:
  2. Able to maintain breathing power during exertion:

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• diffuse

  1. To cause to spread out freely:
  2. To make known to or cause to be used by large numbers of people; disseminate:
  3. To make less brilliant; soften:

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  1. To cause to spread out freely:
  2. To make known to or cause to be used by large numbers of people; disseminate:
  3. To make less brilliant; soften:

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