PERIPHRASTIC Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

periphrastic

adjective

Definition of periphrastic

as in pleonastic

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Adjective

Even the blandest overtures can whip him into a frantic, pornographic, prolix ecstasy.

— Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
The album is a concise, 10-song set, a deliberate contrast to prolix streaming-era albums like the ones released lately by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

— Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 May 2024

Definition of prolix

Adjective

Through the administration’s embrace (and extensive personal leveraging) of crypto’s potential, crypto and retail speculation are increasingly being woven into the fabric of communicative and cultural spaces.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The arrival ceremony suggested that others understood the communicative potential of clothes at such an event, too.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of communicative

Adjective

Afterward, Ashe quipped about taking on Parton’s famously wordy lyrics in front of the room.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
And finally, if person A utters a needlessly wordy or detailed expression that is technically synonymous with a single term, person B may take A to implicate that the term does not apply to the person or event under discussion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of wordy

Adjective

Asgari highlights these minor skirmishes through life itself (whether at its most verbose, or in complete silence) via minor aesthetic transformations which play in major keys, and prove deeply moving.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
The playbook was far more verbose when Harvey arrived in Denver as a second-round pick.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of verbose

Adjective

But these three diffuse galaxies, known as DF2, DF4, and DF9, have left astronomers stunned.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Treatment options for diffuse hemispheric glioma are few; brain cancers in general are often excluded from clinical trials.

— Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of diffuse

Adjective

The flags couldn’t be redder, and Khoshnoudi nimbly sketches out the circuitous emotional paths S takes to avoid seeing them until such evasion suddenly and brutally becomes impossible.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernández took a circuitous route to the ball and still missed by only inches.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of circuitous

Adjective

Elementary school students may have tantrums, be clingy, have toileting accidents, engage in uncontrollable crying or become less talkative as a result of changes in schools, homes and caregivers.

— Nikki R Wooten, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
In the past, Cooper has had an active online life, a cheerful and talkative presence behind his thick black beard.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of talkative

Adjective

Tramell Tillman is an American actor best known for playing the turtleneck-wearing, exceedingly loquacious supervisor Seth Milchick on the award-winning Apple TV (formerly Apple TV+) dystopian sci-fi thriller Severance (2022– ).

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
An equally loquacious memoir by his son, Prince Harry, was published in 2022, creating headlines around the world and leading to a fall-out with his family.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of loquacious

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