verbiage
/ˈvɜː(ɹ).bi.ɪd͡ʒ//ˈvɝ.bi.ɪd͡ʒ/
verbiage noun: overabundance of words.
Noun
verbiage (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)
- Overabundance of words.
- bureaucratic verbiage
- We're done drafting our paper except for the final check to see whether any verbiage can be reduced.
- Synonyms:
- wordiness, verbosity, verboseness, long-windedness, prolixity, circumlocution, wordage, wordishness, surplusage
- The manner in which something is expressed in words; word choice.
- Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology
- In each article of this series, there is a paragraph on nutrition; the verbiage for it was developed by consensus among the section editors, and therefore no elective rewording should be done (by others) in any such paragraph.
- Synonyms:
- wording, diction, wordage, phrasing, terminology, phraseology
verbiage meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
verbiage in Tamil
- மிகுசொல் வழங்கீடு, தேவையற்ற வெறுஞ் சொல்மயமான தன்மை
verbiage in Urdu
- الفاظ کی بھر مار, لفاظی
verbiage in Malayalam
- ശബ്ദപുഷ്ടി, വാഗ്വിസ്താരം, വാക്പെരുപ്പം
verbiage in Kannada
- ಅನಗತ್ಯ ಶಬ್ದಪ್ರಯೋಗ, ಶಬ್ದಾಡಂಬರ, ಶಬ್ದಬಾಹುಳ್ಯ, ಬರಿಮಾತಿನ ಕಂತೆ, ವಾಗಾಡಂಬರ
Examples of verbiage in a sentence
- We're done drafting our paper except for the final verbiage on fire safety, which will be supplied by the safety engineers.
- A very garrulous person, he approached the counter in a fog of verbiage.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 39:
- The comparison of coincidences in the verbiage of different languages, and affinity of etymological formation, are interesting subjects of philological investigation.1846, Margaret Thornley, The True End of Education and the Means Adapted to It:
Synonyms of verbiage
- wordiness
- verbosity
- verboseness
- long-windedness
- prolixity
- circumlocution
- wordage
- wordishness
- surplusage
- wording
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Forms of verbiage
| plural | verbiages |
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Origin of verbiage
From French verbiage. Compare verb meaning "word" in verbal and verbose.
Questions about verbiage
- What does verbiage mean?
- Verbiage means overabundance of words.
- What is verbiage in Tamil?
- Verbiage in Tamil is மிகுசொல் வழங்கீடு, தேவையற்ற வெறுஞ் சொல்மயமான தன்மை. See Verbiage meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use verbiage in a sentence?
- We're done drafting our paper except for the final verbiage on fire safety, which will be supplied by the safety engineers.
- What part of speech is verbiage?
- Verbiage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce verbiage?
- Verbiage is pronounced /ˈvɜː(ɹ).bi.ɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of verbiage?
- The plural of verbiage is verbiages.
Words near verbiage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: verbiage (page history and authors); verbiage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verbiage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verbiage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verbiage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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