Definition for Tautology:

• A repetition of the same ideas in different words or phrases; needless repetition.

Synonyms for Tautology:

• n.

  •circumlocution (noun)
  • euphemism,
  • wordiness,
  • diffuseness,
  • roundabout,
  • prolixity,
  • pleonasm.
  •communication (noun)
  • tautology.
  •redundancy (noun)
  • excess,
  • superfluity,
  • attrition,
  • superabundance,
  • profusion,
  • overabundance.
  •repetition (noun)
  • echo,
  • chorus,
  • rehearsal,
  • staccato,
  • recital,
  • report,
  • periodicity,
  • paraphrase,
  • broken record,
  • staccatos,
  • return,
  • repeat,
  • recapitulation,
  • recurrence,
  • litany,
  • chant,
  • restatement,
  • alliteration,
  • rhythm,
  • copy,
  • Ingemination,
  • encore,
  • practice,
  • reproduction,
  • Periodicities,
  • Iterance,
  • reappearance,
  • iteration,
  • renewal,
  • relation,
  • rote,
  • iteracy,
  • perseveration,
  • alliterations,
  • replication,
  • reoccurrence.
  •verbiage (noun)
  • verbosity,
  • loquacity.
  •wordiness (noun)
  • garrulity,
  • redundances,
  • catalogic,
  • officialese,
  • Macrology,
  • loquaciousness,
  • windiness,
  • copiousness,
  • diffusion,
  • verbomania,
  • fecundity,
  • verboseness,
  • redundance,
  • verbigeration,
  • rhetoric,
  • logorrhea.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • battle cry,
  • cite,
  • cliche,
  • adage,
  • aphorism,
  • binomial,
  • axiom,
  • catchphrase,
  • citation.
  •redundancy
  • reiteration.

Antonyms for Tautology:

• n.

  • circumlocution
    conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness.
  • redundancy
    lack, want, need.
  • repetition
    original, instance.
  • Other antonyms:
    compactness, shortness, compression, brevity, plainness, condensation, succinctness.

Tautology Sentence Examples:

• Other people of my way of thinking would no doubt think the same - which is a pretty piece of tautology.

• Those of the third class I would never introduce, except in explaining such passages as render their introduction unavoidable; for instance, when an author combines flumina et amnes, I would explain their difference to defend him from the suspicion of tautology.

Hyponym for Tautology:

• n.

  • communication
    repetitiousness, repetitiveness, true statement, truth.