Synonyms of long-winded

long-winded

adjective

ˌlȯŋ-ˈwin-dəd 

as in rambling

using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea

his long-winded explanation could have been boiled down to two sentences

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• talkative
• prolix
• wordy
• verbose
• exaggerated
• circuitous
• redundant
• garrulous
• conversational
• communicative
• diffuse
• pleonastic
• circumlocutory
• windy
• logorrheic
• loquacious
• talky
• voluble
• repetitious
• chatty
• tautological
• periphrastic
• tautologous
• bombastic
• gaseous
• gabby
• grandiloquent
• gassy
• hifalutin
• embroidered
• embellished
• highfalutin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succinct
• concise
• pithy
• terse
• brief
• short
• compact
• crisp
• summary
• sententious
• epigrammatic
• aphoristic
• abbreviated
• compendious
• condensed
• blunt
• abridged
• brusque
• laconic
• abrupt
• curt
• shortened
• snippy
• brusk

Examples of long-winded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

O’Neal took to Instagram early Friday (May 10) to serve up a scintillating and long-winded response on his Instagram featuring a photo that had Sharpe ranked at the No. 51 best player of all time. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

One woman has a Hollywood-style trick for keeping her husband's stories from getting too long-winded. —Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024

This adjective can be used to describe someone who is long-winded with their speech 2. —CNN, 25 Jan. 2024

By his usual taciturn standards, that almost qualifies as being long-winded. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023