VERBIAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verbiage mean? 

• VERBIAGE (noun)
  The noun VERBIAGE has 2 senses:

1. overabundance of words

2. the manner in which something is expressed in words

  Familiarity information: VERBIAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERBIAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overabundance of words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

verbalism; verbiage

Hypernyms ("verbiage" is a kind of...):

verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The manner in which something is expressed in words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

choice of words; diction; phraseology; phrasing; verbiage; wording

Context example:

use concise military verbiage

Hypernyms ("verbiage" is a kind of...):

expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "verbiage"):

mot juste (the appropriate word or expression)

verbalisation; verbalization (the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization)