Antonyms for longwinded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : lawng-win-did, long-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔŋˈwɪn dɪd, ˈlɒŋ-

Definition of longwinded

Origin : also longwinded, 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.).

As in indirect : adj roundabout; unintended
As in interminable : adj infinite
As in lengthy : adj extended
As in long : adj interminable, excessive in length
As in long-winded : adj wordy
As in loquacious : adj talkative
As in mouthy : adj talkative
As in ponderous : adj dreary, tedious
As in rambling : adj disconnected, wordy
As in redundant : adj excessive; repetitious
As in repetitious : adj wordy, tedious
As in talkative : adj excessively communicative
As in unexciting : adj dull
As in voluble : adj talkative
As in windy : adj talkative; boastful
As in wordy : adj talkative
As in oratorical : adj rhetorical
As in conversational : adj talkative
As in long-drawn-out : adj long
As in periphrastic : adj wordy
As in pleonastic : adj wordy
As in talky : adj talkative
As in diffuse : adj wordy
As in discursive : adj rambling
As in dull : adj boring, uninteresting
As in gabby : adj talkative
As in garrulous : adj talkative

Example sentences :

All of which was a longwinded way of saying the Grass was overrunning Illinois.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

Then Billy Harden gets the floor, and squares away fur a longwinded speech telling why.
Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis

We say that it is easier to teach a child by means of short pithy sentences than by longwinded and involved dittoes.
Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer

It could produce at once the longwinded rhapsodies of Filmer and, by repulsion, the wearisome reiterations of Algernon Sidney.
Extract from : « Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham » by Harold J. Laski

Judge Colver thereupon essayed, in his longwinded, heavy way, to impart to the new arrival the story they had just heard.
Extract from : « The Man from Jericho » by Edwin Carlile Litsey

Synonyms for longwinded

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