verbose C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /vərˈboʊs/ UK /vəˈbəʊs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj using or containing more words than are needed The contract was so verbose that few clients ever read it through. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · using or containing more... wordyprolixlong-windedgarrulousloquaciousrambling ↔ Opposites concisetersesuccinctlaconicpithy Word family Derived forms verbosityverbosely Related forms verbalverbiageverb Etymology AI details From Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word'). verbosus Latin verbum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # verbose **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /vərˈboʊs/ **IPA (UK):** /vəˈbəʊs/ ## Meanings 1. using or containing more words than are needed ## Examples - The contract was so verbose that few clients ever read it through. ## Synonyms - wordy - prolix - long-winded - garrulous - loquacious - rambling ## Antonyms - concise - terse - succinct - laconic - pithy ## Derived Forms - verbosity - verbosely ## Related Forms - verbal - verbiage - verb ## Roots and Affixes - Root: verbosus - Root: verbum ## Etymology From Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word'). ## AI Etymology Verbose is from Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word'). Important recorded forms include verbosus (Latin) and verbum (Latin). The current sense covers using or containing more words than are needed. The wider family includes derived forms such as verbosity and verbosely and related words such as verbal, verbiage, and verb. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown