verbose

1. 1.

   using or containing too many words

   “long-winded (or windy) speakers”

   “verbose and ineffective instructional methods”

   “newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials”

   “proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes”

   Synonymslong-windedtediouswindywordy

   Similarprolix

Other forms of verbose

comparative

verboser·

superlative

verbosest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about verbose

What does verbose mean?

verbose means "using or containing too many words".

How many syllables are in verbose?

verbose has 2 syllables: ver-bose. The stress falls on "ver".

What is another word for verbose?

Close synonyms include long-winded, tedious, windy, wordy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is verbose a common word?

verbose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.