verbiage
nounHow many syllables in verbiage?
There are 3 syllables in the word verbiage.How to pronounce verbiage:
Definition of verbiage:
- verbiage (noun):
- the excessive use of words
- the manner in which something is expressed in words.
- a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
Synonyms for verbiage:
choice of words
circularity
circumlocution
diction
diffuseness
diffusion
exaggeration
expression
formulation
garrulity
garrulousness
hyperbole
logorrhea
long-windedness
periphrasis
phraseology
phrasing
pleonasm
prolixity
redundancy
repetition
repetitiveness
tautology
verbalisation
verbalism
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Antonyms for verbiage:
conciseness
directness
lack
quiet
straightforwardness
terseness
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- penalize
- illumine
- hyacinth
- gibberish
- reproachful
- evilness
- gigolo
- sleepily
- swelled-headed
- chicken wire
- spherical
- foliage
- translucent
- prearranged
- intensely
- bystander
- trustworthy
- tastiest
- pulsating
- nightmarish
- instructive
- fettuccine
- word-splitting
- cursory
- flimflammer
- nerve-racking
- forwardness
- magnitude
- disheveled
- angular
- sedately
- prolific
- orlop deck
- sniveling
- diffident
- thereupon
- absently
- quarter rest
- patronize
- expedite
- funniness
- vagary
- boundaries
- unmindful
- realised
- untether
- amener
- savagely
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