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Verbose
/vəˈbəʊs/
Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded.
📖 Definitions of "Verbose"
adjective
- 1
Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded.
- 2
Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
🔄 Synonyms of "Verbose"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tedious | Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong. |
| prolixverb | Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details. |
| wordy | Using an excessive number of words. |
| long-winded | Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose. |
| windynoun | Accompanied by wind. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Verbose"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| long-winded | Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose. |
| wordy | Using an excessive number of words. |
| prolix | Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details. |
| tedious | Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong. |
| windynoun | Accompanied by wind. |
| wordish | Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy. |
| elaborate | Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. |
| thorough | Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail. |
| detailed | Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment. |
| detailnoun | An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part. |
| in-depth | Thorough; comprehensive. |
| step-by-step | Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence. |
| fine-grained | (figurative) Highly detailed. |
| comprehensive | Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. |
| granular | Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains. |
| itemised | — |
| oververbose | Excessively verbose or wordy. |
| lengthy | Speaking or writing at length; long-winded. |
| overwordy | Excessively wordy. |
| overlanguaged | (nonce word) Employing too many words; verbose. |
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