Pleonastic
Pleonastic adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.
Spare and pleonastic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Pleonastic".
Spare
Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.
Pleonastic and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pleonastic" instead an adjective "Spare".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- excess and pleonastic
- excess and spare
- surplus and pleonastic
- surplus and spare
- dispensable and pleonastic
- dispensable and spare
- unnecessary and pleonastic
- unnecessary and spare
- superfluous and pleonastic
- superfluous and spare
- supererogatory and pleonastic
- supererogatory and spare
- redundant and pleonastic
- redundant and spare
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