What is another word for pleonastic?
Pronunciation:
[ plɪənˈastɪk], [ plɪənˈastɪk], [ p_l_ɪ__ə_n_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k]
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Synonyms for Pleonastic:
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adj.
• frequent • repetitious • superfluous • verbose • all • redundant- in essential ,
- in-essential ,
- in-ordinate ,
- long winded ,
- more iterating ,
- more palaverous ,
- more reiterating ,
- most iterating ,
- most palaverous ,
- most reiterating ,
- re iterating ,
- re-iterating ,
- super numerary ,
- super-numerary ,
- sur plusser ,
- sur plussest ,
- sur-plusser ,
- sur-plussest ,
- un necessary ,
- un wanted ,
- un-necessary ,
- un-wanted .
Other synonyms:
- wordy .
Other relevant words:
- Largiloquent ,
- Longsome ,
- Longspun ,
- Non-essential ,
- Prosing ,
- Recurring ,
- Repetitional ,
- Repetitionary ,
- Tautologous ,
- abundant ,
- additional ,
- ambagious ,
- bare ,
- bombastic ,
- boring ,
- chatty ,
- circuitous ,
- circumlocutionary ,
- circumlocutory ,
- continual ,
- copious ,
- de trop ,
- diffuse ,
- diffusive ,
- digressive ,
- discursive ,
- dispensable ,
- effusive ,
- excess ,
- excessive ,
- excursive ,
- expendable ,
- expletive ,
- extra ,
- extravagant ,
- exuberant ,
- fecund ,
- flatulent ,
- formless ,
- frequent ,
- frothy ,
- gabby ,
- garrulous ,
- gratuitous ,
- gushing ,
- incessant ,
- inflated ,
- iterative ,
- lean ,
- lengthy ,
- logorrheic ,
- loose ,
- loquacious ,
- maundering ,
- meagre ,
- meandering ,
- needless ,
- nonessential ,
- odd ,
- oratorical ,
- overflowing ,
- palaverous ,
- periodic ,
- perpetual ,
- prodigal ,
- productive ,
- profuse ,
- prolific ,
- protracted ,
- rambling ,
- recurrent ,
- redundant ,
- reiterative ,
- repeated ,
- repetitious ,
- repetitive ,
- rhetorical ,
- roundabout ,
- slender ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- spare ,
- style ,
- superabundant ,
- supererogatory ,
- superfluous ,
- supernumerary ,
- surplus ,
- talkative ,
- tedious ,
- teeming ,
- tiresome ,
- turgid ,
- uncalled-for ,
- unessential ,
- unneeded ,
- unwanted ,
- useless ,
- usual ,
- verbose ,
- voluble ,
- windy ,
- words .
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How to use "Pleonastic" in context?
There is a type of adverb meaning "nearly," "almost," or "almost exactly." pleonastic adverbs are used when a speaker or writer wants to emphasize a particular point, but doesn't want to use a stronger adjectival adverb. Pleonastic adverbs can sometimes be used to convey humor, for example in the phrase "I nearly fainted." Pleonastic adverbs can also be used as an intensifier, for example in the sentence "The room was frigid pleonastically.
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