Definition for Pleonastic:

• Alt. of Pleonastical

Synonyms for Pleonastic:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • pleonastic.
  •frequent (adjective)
  • frequent,
  • recurrent,
  • profuse,
  • a good many,
  • many.
  •redundant (adjective)
  • most palaverous,
  • re iterating,
  • in-ordinate,
  • re-iterating,
  • sur plussest,
  • sur plusser,
  • most reiterating,
  • most iterating,
  • in-essential,
  • un wanted,
  • sur-plusser,
  • un-wanted,
  • un-necessary,
  • sur-plussest,
  • more reiterating,
  • un necessary,
  • super numerary,
  • more iterating,
  • long winded,
  • more palaverous,
  • in essential,
  • super-numerary.
  •repetitious (adjective)
  • alliterative,
  • Iterant,
  • Recapitulatory.
  •superfluous (adjective)
  • residuary,
  • in excess,
  • superfluent.
  •verbose (adjective)
  • yacking,
  • full of air.

• n.

  •
  • diffuse,
  • style,
  • words.
  •pleonastic (noun)
  • prolix.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • periphrastic,
  • long-winded.
  •needless
  • unnecessary.
  •Other relevant words:
  • digressive,
  • gushing,
  • roundabout,
  • expendable,
  • diffusive,
  • inflated,
  • discursive,
  • supererogatory,
  • talkative,
  • Recurring,
  • excursive,
  • overflowing,
  • tedious,
  • odd,
  • nonessential,
  • uncalled-for,
  • turgid,
  • bare,
  • Non-essential,
  • boring,
  • slight,
  • periodic,
  • expletive,
  • flatulent,
  • tiresome,
  • unneeded,
  • maundering,
  • superabundant,
  • circumlocutionary,
  • gabby,
  • effusive,
  • Longspun,
  • extra,
  • circumlocutory,
  • slender,
  • Largiloquent,
  • repetitious,
  • circuitous,
  • spare,
  • perpetual,
  • incessant,
  • bombastic,
  • prodigal,
  • usual,
  • lean,
  • voluble,
  • meandering,
  • prolific,
  • fecund,
  • additional,
  • meagre,
  • logorrheic,
  • ambagious,
  • surplus,
  • gratuitous,
  • supernumerary,
  • extravagant,
  • oratorical,
  • loose,
  • teeming,
  • useless,
  • Prosing,
  • windy,
  • Repetitional,
  • reiterative,
  • formless,
  • iterative,
  • Repetitionary,
  • rhetorical,
  • abundant,
  • repetitive,
  • protracted,
  • chatty,
  • rambling,
  • frothy,
  • garrulous,
  • unwanted,
  • Tautologous,
  • needless,
  • loquacious,
  • Longsome,
  • slim,
  • de trop,
  • lengthy,
  • productive,
  • excessive,
  • copious,
  • unessential,
  • dispensable,
  • exuberant,
  • excess,
  • continual.

Antonyms for Pleonastic:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    concise, curt, brief, aphoristic, blunt, abridged, shortened, terse, pithy, epigrammatic, abbreviated, summary, brusque, condensed, abrupt, laconic, sententious, crisp, short, compendious, compact, snippy, succinct.

Pleonastic Sentence Examples:

• If we will have it to be, " Whatsoever things he doeth, they shall prosper;" the pronoun they appears to be pleonastic.

• The king he is just, dealt with as a single sentence, is undoubtedly pleonastic.