periphrasis [noun]

Definition of periphrasis:

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

Synonyms of periphrasis:

● Ambage

● Circumlocution

● Tautology

● Verbiage

● Wordiness

● Redundancy

● Verbosity

● Verboseness

● Periphrase


Opposite/Antonyms of periphrasis:

● Brevity

● Succinctness

● Briefness

● Conciseness

● Concision

● Crispness

● Terseness

● Condensation

● Plainness


Sentence/Example of periphrasis:

Periphrasis is a characteristic of analytic languages, which tend to avoid inflection.