Periphrastic
Periphrastic adjective - Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
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Synonyms for Periphrastic
Repetitious and periphrastic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repetitious" instead an adjective "Periphrastic".
Repetitious
Repetitious adjective - Marked by repetition.
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Synonyms for Repetitious
Periphrastic and repetitious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Periphrastic" instead an adjective "Repetitious".
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Related pairs
- diffuse and periphrastic
- diffuse and repetitious
- verbose and periphrastic
- verbose and repetitious
- loquacious and periphrastic
- loquacious and repetitious
- tortuous and periphrastic
- tortuous and repetitious
- superfluous and periphrastic
- superfluous and repetitious
- tedious and periphrastic
- tedious and repetitious
- redundant and periphrastic
- redundant and repetitious
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