Word Meanings - PLEONASM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PLEONASM)
- Superfluity
- Redundance
- needlessness
- supererogation
- pleonasm
- excess
- Tautology
- Verbosity
- redundancy
- needless
- repetition
- reiteration
Related words: (words related to PLEONASM)
- SUPERFLUITY
1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling. 2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. - NEEDLESS
1. Having no need. Weeping into the needless stream. Shak. 2. Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses. 3. Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless. "Needless jealousy." Shak. -- Need"less*ly, - REPETITIONAL; REPETITIONARY
Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. - PLEONASM
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes. - VERBOSITY
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his style. Jeffrey. - REPETITIONER
One who repeats. - REPETITION
The act of repeating, singing, (more info) 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. Shak. 2. Recital from memory; rehearsal. - EXCESS
out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; - EXCESSIVE
Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, - TAUTOLOGY
A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: -- The dawn is overcast, - REITERATION
The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated. - REDUNDANCE; REDUNDANCY
Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess. 2. That which is redundant - SUPEREROGATION
The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. Works of supererogation , those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their - SELF-REPETITION
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.