Synonyms for Periphrastic & Similar Words
Definition of periphrastic
- adjective
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn- out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
3 synonyms found
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- What are synonyms for periphrastic?
- Synonyms for periphrastic include: circumlocutory, indirect, ambagious.
- How many synonyms does periphrastic have?
- Periphrastic has 3 synonyms.