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- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- adorned,
- affected,
- beaded,
- bedecked,
- befrilled,
- bejeweled,
- beribboned,
- bespangled,
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- flowered,
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- garish,
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- grandiloquent,
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- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
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- high-flying,
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- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- jeweled,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- ornamented,
- orotund,
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- overdone,
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- pedantic,
- plumed,
- pompous,
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- rhetorical,
- sensational,
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- sonorous,
- spangled,
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- tricked out,
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- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abstracted,
- aposiopestic,
- bell-like,
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- bobbed,
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- brusque,
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- ellipsoid,
- elliptic,
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- epigrammatic,
- gnomic,
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- mowed,
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- nipped,
- oblong,
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- oblongitudinal,
- parabolic,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pollard,
- polled,
- pruned,
- reaped,
- rectangular,
- reserved,
- saucer-shaped,
- sententious,
- shaved,
- sheared,
- short,
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- short-cut,
- shortened,
- snub,
- snubbed,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- trimmed,
- truncated
- elliptic
collapse - characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor
- of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse related words >
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abstracted,
- aposiopestic,
- bell-like,
- bell-shaped,
- bobbed,
- brief,
- brusque,
- campaniform,
- campanular,
- campanulate,
- capsule,
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- rectangular,
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- succinct,
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- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- trimmed,
- truncated
- allegoric,
- allegorical,
- anagogic,
- associational,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- definable,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- figural,
- figurative,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- glossematic,
- iconic,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
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- implicative,
- indicating,
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- individual,
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- semantic,
- semantological,
- semasiological,
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- semiotic,
- sententious,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- substantial,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- transferred,
- typical,
- verbal
- symbolic
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- relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"
- using symbolism; "symbolic art" related words >
- allegoric,
- allegorical,
- anagogic,
- associational,
- betokening,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- definable,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extended,
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- figurative,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- glossematic,
- iconic,
- identifying,
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- indicating,
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- individual,
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- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- metaphorical,
- morphemic,
- naming,
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- phrasal,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pregnant,
- readable,
- referential,
- representative,
- semantic,
- semantological,
- semasiological,
- sememic,
- semiotic,
- sententious,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- substantial,
- suggestive,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- tokening,
- transferred,
- typical,
- verbal
- analects
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- a collection of excerpts from a literary work related words >
- Festschrift,
- adage,
- album,
- ana,
- anthology,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- beauties,
- byword,
- canon,
- catchword,
- chrestomathy,
- clippings,
- collectanea,
- collected sayings,
- collected works,
- collection,
- compilation,
- complete works,
- current saying,
- cuttings,
- delectus,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- epigram,
- excerpta,
- excerpts,
- expression,
- extracts,
- florilegium,
- flowers,
- fragments,
- garden,
- garland,
- gleanings,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- maxim,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- omnibus,
- oracle,
- photograph album,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- posy,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quotation book,
- saw,
- saying,
- scrapbook,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- symposium,
- teaching,
- text,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- eloquent
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- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" related words >
- Ciceronian,
- Demosthenian,
- Demosthenic,
- Tullian,
- affecting,
- ardent,
- articulate,
- cogent,
- convincing,
- declamatory,
- effective,
- elocutionary,
- expressive,
- facile,
- facund,
- felicitous,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fluent,
- forceful,
- forensic,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- glib,
- graphic,
- high,
- impassioned,
- impressive,
- incisive,
- indicative,
- lofty,
- loud-speaking,
- loud-spoken,
- meaningful,
- oratorical,
- outspoken,
- passionate,
- persuasive,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- poignant,
- potent,
- powerful,
- pregnant,
- revealing,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- sententious,
- significant,
- silver,
- silver-tongued,
- slick,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- soft-speaking,
- soft-spoken,
- speaking,
- spellbinding,
- striking,
- suggestive,
- talkative,
- talking,
- telling,
- touching,
- trenchant,
- true-speaking,
- vivid,
- vocal,
- voluble,
- well-spoken
- act,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bill,
- bylaw,
- byword,
- canon,
- catchword,
- charge,
- collected sayings,
- command,
- commission,
- current saying,
- decree,
- decretum,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direction,
- directive,
- distich,
- edict,
- enactment,
- epigram,
- expression,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- general orders,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- injunction,
- institute,
- institution,
- instruction,
- jus,
- law,
- legislation,
- lex,
- maxim,
- measure,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- oracle,
- order,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- precept,
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- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- saw,
- saying,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- standing order,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- Spartan,
- a propos,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- ad rem,
- adapted,
- admissible,
- aposiopestic,
- appertaining,
- applicable,
- applying,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- apropos,
- apt,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- belonging,
- brief,
- brusque,
- clipped,
- close,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- docked,
- dovetailing,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- felicitous,
- fit,
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- geared,
- germane,
- gnomic,
- happy,
- in plain English,
- in plain words,
- in point,
- involving,
- just right,
- laconic,
- likely,
- material,
- matter-of-factly,
- meshing,
- naturally,
- on the button,
- opportune,
- pat,
- pertaining,
- pertinent,
- pithy,
- plainly,
- point-blank,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- qualified,
- relevant,
- reserved,
- right,
- seasonable,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- simply,
- sortable,
- succinct,
- suitable,
- suited,
- suiting,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- tailored,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the purpose,
- truncated,
- unaffectedly
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- aposiopestic,
- bandy,
- bandy-legged,
- blemished,
- bloated,
- bowlegged,
- brief,
- brusque,
- butchered,
- castrated,
- clipped,
- close,
- club-footed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- cut short,
- defaced,
- deformed,
- disfigured,
- docked,
- dwarfed,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- flatfooted,
- garbled,
- gnomic,
- grotesque,
- hashed,
- ill-made,
- ill-proportioned,
- ill-shaped,
- knock-kneed,
- laconic,
- lopped,
- malformed,
- mangled,
- marred,
- misbegotten,
- misproportioned,
- misshapen,
- monstrous,
- mutilated,
- out of shape,
- pigeon-toed,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- pug-nosed,
- rachitic,
- reserved,
- rickety,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- simous,
- snub-nosed,
- stumpy,
- succinct,
- summary,
- swaybacked,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- talipedic,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point
- absorbing,
- allegorical,
- apprehensible,
- articulate,
- associational,
- cognizable,
- comprehensible,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- decipherable,
- definable,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- distinct,
- easily understood,
- easy to understand,
- engaging,
- enjoyable,
- entertaining,
- exciting,
- exoteric,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- fair,
- fathomable,
- figurative,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- in the clear,
- indicative,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interesting,
- interpretable,
- inviting,
- juicy,
- knowable,
- legible,
- lively,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- metaphorical,
- penetrable,
- piquant,
- pithy,
- plain,
- pleasurable,
- plumbable,
- pointed,
- pregnant,
- prehensible,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- racy,
- referential,
- rich,
- scrutable,
- sententious,
- significant,
- significative,
- spicy,
- stimulating,
- substantial,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- tantalizing,
- thought-challenging,
- thought-inspiring,
- thought-provoking,
- tickling,
- titillating,
- transferred,
- uncoded,
- understandable,
- unenciphered,
- worthwhile
- meaty
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- being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
- like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal" related words >
- adipose,
- allegorical,
- associational,
- beefy,
- big-bellied,
- bloated,
- blowzy,
- bosomy,
- brawny,
- burly,
- buxom,
- chubby,
- chunky,
- compact,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- corpulent,
- definable,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- distended,
- dumpy,
- epigrammatic,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- fat,
- fattish,
- figurative,
- fleshy,
- full,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- gross,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- hippy,
- imposing,
- indicative,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- lusty,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- metaphorical,
- obese,
- overweight,
- paunchy,
- pithy,
- plump,
- podgy,
- pointed,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- pregnant,
- pudgy,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- readable,
- referential,
- roly-poly,
- rotund,
- sententious,
- significant,
- significative,
- square,
- squat,
- squatty,
- stalwart,
- stocky,
- stout,
- strapping,
- substantial,
- suggestive,
- swollen,
- symbolic,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- top-heavy,
- transferred,
- tubby,
- well-fed
- mot
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- a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes related words >
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- maxim,
- moral,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- Gongoresque,
- Gongoristic,
- Johnsonian,
- Marinistic,
- affected,
- arabesque,
- artificial,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- busy,
- chichi,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elaborate,
- elaborated,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flowery,
- frilly,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- high-wrought,
- highfalutin,
- hyperelegant,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- mannered,
- meretricious,
- moresque,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelegant,
- overinvolved,
- overlabored,
- overnice,
- overrefined,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- picturesque,
- pompous,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- pretentious,
- pretty-pretty,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- studied,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- unnatural
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- aposiopestic,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brash,
- brief,
- brusque,
- cavalier,
- churlish,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- crusty,
- curtal,
- curtate,
- cut,
- decurtate,
- docked,
- dumb,
- economical of words,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- gnomic,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- imperious,
- indisposed to talk,
- instantaneous,
- laconic,
- little,
- low,
- mum,
- mute,
- peremptory,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- rough,
- rude,
- sententious,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- snappish,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- succinct,
- summary,
- surly,
- synopsized,
- synoptic,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- transient,
- truculent,
- truncated,
- unceremonious,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- showy
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- displaying brilliance and virtuosity
- marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" related words >
- Byzantine,
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- chichi,
- conspicuous,
- convoluted,
- daring,
- dashing,
- declamatory,
- dressy,
- elaborate,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exhibitionistic,
- fancy,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- gallant,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gay,
- glittering,
- gorgeous,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- intricate,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- opulent,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rakish,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- show-off,
- snazzy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- stilted,
- sumptuous,
- swank,
- tall,
- tawdry,
- tortuous
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- brocard,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- maxim,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- rule,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- truism,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- directive
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- a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives" related words >
- actuating,
- admonitory,
- advisory,
- aimable,
- aimed,
- animating,
- causal,
- causative,
- cautionary,
- chief,
- commanding,
- communication,
- compelling,
- consultative,
- consultatory,
- controlling,
- decree,
- decretal,
- decretive,
- decretory,
- dictating,
- didactic,
- directed,
- directing,
- direction,
- directional,
- directorial,
- directory,
- dirigible,
- driving,
- edict,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- general orders,
- governing,
- guidable,
- guiding,
- head,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- impelling,
- imperative,
- impulsive,
- inducive,
- instruction,
- instructive,
- jussive,
- leadable,
- leading,
- managerial,
- managing,
- mandating,
- memo,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- moralistic,
- motivating,
- motivational,
- motive,
- moving,
- notice,
- obligating,
- on the mark,
- on the nose,
- peremptory,
- pointable,
- preachy,
- precept,
- preceptive,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prescriptive,
- pressing,
- recommendatory,
- regulating,
- regulation,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- remonstratory,
- rule,
- ruling,
- sententious,
- steerable,
- trainable,
- ukase,
- urgent,
- warning,
- well-aimed,
- well-directed,
- word
- aphorism
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- a short pithy instructive saying related words >
- abridgment,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- brocard,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- maxim,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- rule,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- truism,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- grandiloquent
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- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- aureate,
- ballyhooed,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bloated,
- bombastic,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- disproportionate,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flatulent,
- flaunting,
- flowery,
- formal,
- fulsome,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- hyperbolic,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- inordinate,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overgreat,
- overinvolved,
- overlarge,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- puffed,
- rhetorical,
- self-important,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- solemn,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- stretched,
- stuffy,
- superlative,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- touted,
- tumid,
- turgid
- ostentatious
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- intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
- of a display that is tawdry or vulgar related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- ambitious,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- boastful,
- braggart,
- busy,
- chichi,
- classy,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flash,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flossy,
- flowery,
- frilly,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- high-toned,
- high-wrought,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- moresque,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overinvolved,
- overlabored,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- picturesque,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- pretty-pretty,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- stilted,
- swank,
- tall,
- theatrical,
- tony,
- tortuous,
- vain,
- vainglorious,
- vaunting
- didactic
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- instructive (especially excessively) related words >
- Alcaic,
- Anacreontic,
- Castalian,
- Homeric,
- Hudibrastic,
- Pierian,
- Pindaric,
- Theocritean,
- admonitory,
- advisory,
- authoritative,
- autodidactic,
- bardic,
- binding,
- bucolic,
- canonical,
- cautionary,
- coeducational,
- consultative,
- consultatory,
- cultural,
- dictated,
- directive,
- disciplinary,
- dithyrambic,
- dramatic,
- eclogic,
- edifying,
- educating,
- educational,
- educative,
- elegiac,
- enlightening,
- epic,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- formulary,
- hard and fast,
- heroic,
- homiletic,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- idyllic,
- illuminating,
- informative,
- initiatory,
- instructive,
- introductory,
- lecturing,
- mandatory,
- mock-heroic,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- moral,
- moralistic,
- moralizing,
- narrative,
- official,
- pastoral,
- poetic,
- poetico-mystical,
- poetico-mythological,
- poetico-philosophic,
- poetlike,
- preaching,
- preachy,
- preceptive,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- propaedeutic,
- recommendatory,
- regulation,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- remonstratory,
- rhapsodic,
- rubric,
- runic,
- sapphic,
- self-teaching,
- sententious,
- sermonizing,
- skaldic,
- standard,
- statutory,
- teaching,
- teachy,
- tuitionary,
- warning
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- drollery,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gag,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- jape,
- jest,
- maxim,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- waggery,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- yak
- rhetorical
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- concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"
- of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- articulate,
- artificial,
- aureate,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bombastic,
- chichi,
- contrived,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- elevated,
- elocutionary,
- eloquent,
- embellished,
- euphuistic,
- exaggerated,
- expressive,
- extravagant,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flowery,
- fluent,
- for effect,
- forensic,
- fulsome,
- fustian,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- glib,
- grand,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- imposing,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- linguistic,
- lofty,
- long-winded,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- mouthy,
- oratorical,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- poetic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- prolix,
- purple,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- sesquipedalian,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- stylistic,
- swelling,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgid,
- unanswerable,
- vocal,
- voluble,
- windy,
- wordy
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- bedazzling,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- blatant,
- blinding,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- bright,
- bright and shining,
- brilliant,
- cheap,
- chintzy,
- colorful,
- convoluted,
- crude,
- dazzling,
- declamatory,
- effulgent,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- extravagant,
- flagrant,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flash,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- fulsome,
- gaudy,
- glaring,
- glary,
- gorgeous,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- harsh,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- loud,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- obtrusive,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overbright,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- raffish,
- raw,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- screaming,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- shameless,
- showy,
- shrieking,
- sonorous,
- spectacular,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- stilted,
- tall,
- tasteless,
- tawdry,
- tinsel,
- tortuous,
- vivid,
- vulgar
- gnome
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- a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure related words >
- Ariel,
- Befind,
- Corrigan,
- Finnbeara,
- Lilliputian,
- Mab,
- Oberon,
- Titania,
- Tom Thumb,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- banshee,
- brocard,
- brownie,
- byword,
- catchword,
- cluricaune,
- collected sayings,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- dwarf,
- elemental,
- elemental spirit,
- elf,
- epigram,
- expression,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- fay,
- goblin,
- golden saying,
- gremlin,
- hob,
- homunculus,
- imp,
- kobold,
- leprechaun,
- manikin,
- maxim,
- midge,
- midget,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- oracle,
- ouphe,
- peewee,
- peri,
- phrase,
- pip-squeak,
- pithy saying,
- pixie,
- pooka,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- puca,
- pwca,
- pygmy,
- rule,
- runt,
- salamander,
- saw,
- saying,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- shrimp,
- sloka,
- sprite,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- teaching,
- text,
- truism,
- undine,
- verse,
- wart,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- overdone
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- cooked too long but still edible related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- artificial,
- ballyhooed,
- bedizened,
- bien cuit,
- big-sounding,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- disproportionate,
- done,
- doneness,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- fulsome,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- histrionic,
- hyperbolic,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- inordinate,
- insincere,
- la-di-da,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- maniere,
- mannered,
- medium,
- medium-rare,
- meretricious,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overacted,
- overcooked,
- overdrawn,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overgreat,
- overinvolved,
- overlarge,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstrained,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- puffed,
- rhetorical,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stagy,
- stilted,
- stretched,
- superlative,
- tall,
- theatrical,
- tortuous,
- touted,
- unnatural,
- well-cooked,
- well-done
- saying
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- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" related words >
- Parthian shot,
- adage,
- address,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- ana,
- analects,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- aphorism,
- apostrophe,
- apothegm,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- axiom,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- comment,
- conclusion,
- crack,
- creed,
- current saying,
- declaration,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- enunciation,
- epigram,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- greeting,
- interjection,
- ipse dixit,
- manifesto,
- maxim,
- mention,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- note,
- observation,
- oracle,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- precept,
- predicate,
- predication,
- prescript,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- saw,
- say,
- say-so,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- stock saying,
- subjoinder,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- thought,
- truism,
- utterance,
- verse,
- vouch,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- ambitious,
- arrogant,
- aureate,
- bedizened,
- big,
- big-sounding,
- bombastic,
- classy,
- condescending,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- domineering,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flossy,
- flowery,
- fulsome,
- fustian,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- haughty,
- high,
- high-faluting,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-headed,
- high-minded,
- high-nosed,
- high-sounding,
- high-swelling,
- high-toned,
- highfaluting,
- hoity-toity,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lexiphanicism,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- oratorical,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overbearing,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- patronizing,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- purse-proud,
- rant,
- rhapsody,
- rhetoric,
- rhetorical,
- rodomontade,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- stilted,
- stuck-up,
- superior,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tony,
- toplofty,
- tortuous,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- upstage,
- vaunting,
- windy
- pithy
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- concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen related words >
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- allegorical,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- associational,
- axiomatic,
- baccate,
- brief,
- brusque,
- clipped,
- close,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- definable,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- docked,
- doughy,
- edematous,
- effective,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- figurative,
- flabby,
- fleshy,
- forceful,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- gnomic,
- indicative,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- laconic,
- lean,
- macerated,
- masticated,
- meaning,
- meaningful,
- meaty,
- medullary,
- metaphorical,
- mushy,
- pasty,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- pregnant,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pulpal,
- pulpar,
- pulped,
- pulplike,
- pulpy,
- pungent,
- readable,
- referential,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- significant,
- significative,
- soft,
- spongy,
- squashy,
- squelchy,
- squishy,
- substantial,
- succinct,
- succulent,
- suggestive,
- summary,
- symbolic,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- transferred,
- truncated
- meaningful
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- having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause" related words >
- allegorical,
- associational,
- augural,
- big,
- connotational,
- connotative,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- deep,
- definable,
- demonstrative,
- denominative,
- denotational,
- denotative,
- designative,
- diagnostic,
- eloquent,
- emblematic,
- evidential,
- exhibitive,
- expressive,
- extended,
- extensional,
- facund,
- figural,
- figurative,
- forerunning,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foretokening,
- forewarning,
- full of meaning,
- full of point,
- full of substance,
- graphic,
- heavy with meaning,
- identifying,
- ideographic,
- idiosyncratic,
- imaginative,
- implicative,
- important,
- indicating,
- indicative,
- indicatory,
- individual,
- intelligible,
- intensional,
- interpretable,
- intuitive,
- material,
- meaning,
- meaty,
- metaphorical,
- momentous,
- monitory,
- naming,
- pathognomonic,
- peculiar,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- precursive,
- precursory,
- predictive,
- prefigurative,
- pregnant,
- preindicative,
- premonitory,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- readable,
- referential,
- relevant,
- representative,
- rich,
- semantic,
- semiotic,
- sententious,
- serious,
- signalizing,
- significant,
- significative,
- signifying,
- sober,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- suggestive,
- symbolic,
- symbolistic,
- symbological,
- symptomatic,
- symptomatologic,
- telling,
- transferred,
- typical,
- valid,
- vivid,
- warning,
- weighty
- grandiose
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- impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
- affectedly genteel related words >
- Babylonian,
- Corinthian,
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- ambitious,
- august,
- awe-inspiring,
- awful,
- barbaric,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bombastic,
- convoluted,
- cosmic,
- declamatory,
- deluxe,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flash,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- fulsome,
- fustian,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glorious,
- grand,
- grandiloquent,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- histrionic,
- imposing,
- impressive,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- lurid,
- luxurious,
- magnificent,
- magniloquent,
- majestic,
- melodramatic,
- meretricious,
- monumental,
- noble,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overambitious,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwhelming,
- overwrought,
- palatial,
- pedantic,
- plush,
- pompous,
- posh,
- pretentious,
- princely,
- proud,
- rhetorical,
- ritzy,
- royal,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- splendacious,
- splendid,
- splendiferous,
- stately,
- stilted,
- sumptuous,
- superb,
- superfancy,
- superfine,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- unfathomable,
- utopian,
- vast,
- visionary
- oracle
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- a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
- a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible related words >
- Cassandra,
- Delphian oracle,
- Delphic oracle,
- Delphic tripod,
- Dodona,
- Pythian oracle,
- Python,
- adage,
- advice,
- ana,
- analects,
- answer,
- aphorism,
- apocalypse,
- apothegm,
- augur,
- augury,
- authority,
- axiom,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- divination,
- diviner,
- doctor,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- epigram,
- expression,
- fortune-teller,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- great soul,
- guru,
- illuminate,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- lover of wisdom,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- master,
- mastermind,
- maxim,
- mentor,
- message,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- philosopher,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- precept,
- prediction,
- prescript,
- prognostication,
- prognosticator,
- prophecy,
- prophet,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- rabbi,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sapient,
- savant,
- saw,
- saying,
- scholar,
- seer,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sibyl,
- sloka,
- soothsayer,
- starets,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- thinker,
- verse,
- vision,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise man,
- wise old man,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- wizard,
- word,
- words of wisdom
- flamboyant
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- richly and brilliantly colorful related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- affected,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- bedazzling,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- blinding,
- bright,
- bright and shining,
- brilliant,
- busy,
- chichi,
- convoluted,
- dashing,
- dazzling,
- declamatory,
- decorated,
- effulgent,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- embellished,
- euphuistic,
- extravagant,
- fancy,
- fine,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- flowery,
- frilly,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- fulsome,
- fussy,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- glaring,
- glary,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- high-wrought,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- jaunty,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- lurid,
- luscious,
- luxuriant,
- luxurious,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- moresque,
- ornamented,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overinvolved,
- overlabored,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- pedantic,
- picturesque,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- pretty-pretty,
- rakish,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- rhetorical,
- rich,
- rococo,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- showy,
- sonorous,
- splashy,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- stilted,
- swank,
- swashbuckling,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- vivid,
- wide
- compressed
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- reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"
- pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) related words >
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abstracted,
- aposiopestic,
- bobbed,
- brief,
- brusque,
- capsule,
- capsulized,
- clamped,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compendious,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- concrete,
- condensed,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- constricted,
- contracted,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- cramped,
- crisp,
- cropped,
- crowded,
- curt,
- curtailed,
- cut,
- cut short,
- dense,
- digested,
- docked,
- elided,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- firm,
- gluey,
- gnomic,
- hard,
- heavy,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- knitted,
- laconic,
- massive,
- mowed,
- mown,
- nipped,
- nonporous,
- packed,
- pinched,
- pinched-in,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pollard,
- polled,
- pruned,
- puckered,
- pursed,
- reaped,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- serried,
- shaved,
- sheared,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-cut,
- shortened,
- snub,
- snubbed,
- solid,
- solidified,
- squeezed,
- strangled,
- strangulated,
- substantial,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- tight,
- to the point,
- trimmed,
- truncated,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wasp-waisted,
- wrinkled
- flashy
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- (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- ablaze,
- affected,
- aflame,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- blatant,
- blazing,
- blinding,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- brazen,
- burning,
- cheap,
- chichi,
- chintzy,
- convoluted,
- cosmetic,
- crude,
- daring,
- dashing,
- declamatory,
- dressy,
- elevated,
- euphuistic,
- exhibitionistic,
- facile,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flash,
- flashing,
- flaunting,
- florid,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- fulgurant,
- fulgurating,
- fulsome,
- gallant,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gay,
- glaring,
- glib,
- glittering,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- inkhorn,
- insubstantial,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- labyrinthine,
- lexiphanic,
- lofty,
- loud,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- meteoric,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overbright,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rakish,
- raw,
- rhetorical,
- screaming,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- shallow,
- showy,
- shrieking,
- skin-deep,
- slick,
- snazzy,
- sonorous,
- sparkling,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- stilted,
- superficial,
- surface,
- tacky,
- tall,
- tasteless,
- tawdry,
- thin,
- tinsel,
- tortuous,
- vulgar
- a belief,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apophthegm,
- apothegm,
- article of faith,
- axiom,
- behest,
- bench warrant,
- bidding,
- byword,
- canon,
- capias,
- catchword,
- caveat,
- charge,
- code,
- collected sayings,
- commandment,
- current saying,
- death warrant,
- decree,
- decretum,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- direction,
- directive,
- distich,
- doctrine,
- dogma,
- edict,
- epigram,
- expression,
- fiat,
- fieri facias,
- fundamental,
- general orders,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- guide,
- guideline,
- habere facias possessionem,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- interdict,
- law,
- mandamus,
- mandate,
- mandatory injunction,
- maxim,
- mittimus,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nisi prius,
- notice,
- notification,
- oracle,
- order,
- ordinance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- principle,
- process,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- rule,
- saw,
- saying,
- search warrant,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- slogan,
- sloka,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- tenet,
- text,
- ukase,
- unwritten law,
- verse,
- warrant,
- warrant of arrest,
- warrant of attorney,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- writ
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- axiomatic,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brief,
- brusque,
- chaste,
- classic,
- clear,
- clear-cut,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- direct,
- distilled,
- docked,
- dumb,
- easy,
- economical of words,
- elegant,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- finished,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- gnomic,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- gruff,
- incisive,
- indisposed to talk,
- laconic,
- lean,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- mum,
- mute,
- natural,
- neat,
- pellucid,
- perspicuous,
- petulant,
- pithy,
- plain,
- platitudinous,
- pointed,
- polished,
- precise,
- proverbial,
- pruned,
- pungent,
- pure,
- quiet,
- refined,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- round,
- rude,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- simple,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- straightforward,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- tart,
- tasteful,
- taut,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- trim,
- truncated,
- unaffected,
- ungracious,
- unlabored,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abstracted,
- aposiopestic,
- bobbed,
- bobtail,
- bobtailed,
- brief,
- brusque,
- canned,
- capsule,
- capsulized,
- clamped,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-knit,
- close-textured,
- close-woven,
- compact,
- compacted,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concentrated,
- concise,
- concrete,
- congested,
- consolidated,
- constricted,
- contracted,
- crammed,
- crammed full,
- cramped,
- crisp,
- cropped,
- crowded,
- curt,
- curtailed,
- cut,
- cut short,
- dense,
- digested,
- docked,
- elided,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- firm,
- gluey,
- gnomic,
- hard,
- heavy,
- impenetrable,
- impermeable,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- knitted,
- laconic,
- massive,
- mowed,
- mown,
- nipped,
- nonporous,
- packed,
- pinched,
- pinched-in,
- pithy,
- pocket,
- pointed,
- pollard,
- polled,
- potted,
- pruned,
- puckered,
- pursed,
- reaped,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- serried,
- shaved,
- sheared,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-cut,
- shortened,
- snub,
- snubbed,
- solid,
- solidified,
- squeezed,
- strangled,
- strangulated,
- substantial,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- thick,
- thick-growing,
- thickset,
- tight,
- to the point,
- trimmed,
- truncated,
- viscid,
- viscose,
- viscous,
- wasp-waisted,
- wrinkled
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- Latinate,
- affected,
- artificial,
- aureate,
- awkward,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bloated,
- bombastic,
- buckram,
- cardboard,
- clumsy,
- conventional,
- convoluted,
- cramped,
- cumbrous,
- declamatory,
- decorous,
- elephantine,
- elevated,
- erect,
- euphuistic,
- exalted,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flatulent,
- flaunting,
- flowery,
- forced,
- formal,
- fulsome,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- graceless,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- guinde,
- halting,
- heavy,
- high,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- in buckram,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- la-di-da,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- leaden,
- lexiphanic,
- lifted,
- lofty,
- lumbering,
- lurid,
- magniloquent,
- mannered,
- meretricious,
- mincing,
- muscle-bound,
- on stilts,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- prim,
- raised,
- rampant,
- rhetorical,
- rigid,
- self-important,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- sesquipedalian,
- showy,
- solemn,
- sonorous,
- starch,
- starched,
- stiff,
- stuffy,
- sublime,
- swollen,
- tall,
- too-too,
- tortuous,
- tumid,
- turgid,
- ungraceful,
- unnatural,
- unwieldy,
- upcast,
- upflung,
- uplifted,
- upraised,
- upreared,
- upright,
- upthrown,
- wooden
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