" circumlocutory "

1: using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea;

  * e.g., " ... the studio's statement that the film's earnings did not live up to expectations was a circumlocutory admission that the movie was a flop "

•  Synonyms : 

•  circuitous,

•  diffuse,

•  garrulous,

•  logorrheic,

•  long-winded,

•  pleonastic,

•  prolix,

•  rambling,

•  verbose,

•  windy,

•  wordy

•  Antonyms : 

•  compact,

•  concise,

•  crisp,

•  pithy,

•  succinct,

•  terse

1: deliberate evasion in speech;

  * e.g., " ... rather than answering the question directly, he resorted to circumlocution, which made her suspect that he was hiding something "

•  Synonyms : 

•  equivocation,

•  shuffle,

•  tergiversation

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: the use of too many words to express an idea;

  * e.g., " ... your papers have to be five pages long, but that's five pages of substance, not circumlocution "

•  Synonyms : 

•  diffuseness,

•  diffusion,

•  garrulity,

•  garrulousness,

•  logorrhea,

•  long-windedness,

•  periphrasis,

•  prolixity,

•  redundancy,

•  verbalism,

•  verbiage,

•  verboseness,

•  verbosity,

•  windiness,

•  wordage,

•  wordiness

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)