Definition for Tautological:

• repetition of same sense in different words; "` a true fact' and ` a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; " the phrase ` a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; " at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J. B.

Synonyms for Tautological:

• adj.

  •redundant (adjective)
  • de trop,
  • inordinate,
  • extra,
  • bombastic,
  • padded,
  • oratorical,
  • loquacious,
  • extravagant,
  • superfluous,
  • wordy,
  • inessential,
  • supernumerary,
  • surplus,
  • long-winded,
  • unnecessary,
  • Iterating,
  • unwanted,
  • diffuse,
  • spare.
  •repetitious (adjective)
  • dull,
  • windy,
  • echoic,
  • Recapitulatory,
  • repetitious,
  • Iterant,
  • resonant,
  • repeating,
  • alliterative,
  • plangent,
  • boring,
  • repetitive,
  • iterative.
  •tautological (adjective)
  • Reiterating.
  •verbose (adjective)
  • garrulous,
  • talky,
  • tortuous,
  • circumlocutory,
  • full of air,
  • gabby,
  • rhetorical,
  • talkative,
  • involved,
  • flowery,
  • yacking,
  • tedious,
  • magniloquent,
  • fustian,
  • grandiloquent.

• n.

  •
  • agglutinative,
  • classical,
  • cognate,
  • disyllabic,
  • dead,
  • creole,
  • figuratively,
  • extinct,
  • idiomatic,
  • figurative.
  •
  • roundabout.
  •prolix (noun)
  • prolix.
  •repetitious (noun)
  • reiterative,
  • illogical.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • circumlocutionary.

Antonyms for Tautological:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    concise.

Tautological Sentence Examples:

• A purist in language might be moved to protest that this proclamation was plainly tautological, because it is the essential quality of every novelty to be new.