Sinonim circumlocution

English Thesaurus

1. an indirect way of expressing something (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	equivocation, evasion,
definition	:	a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication)

2. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	verboseness, verbosity,
definition	:	an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words (noun.communication)

3. an indirect way of expressing something (noun.communication)

derivation	:	ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic,
definition	:	roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (adj.all)

derivation	:	ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic,
definition	:	roundabout and unnecessarily wordy (adj.all)