pleonastic
61pléonasme — [ pleɔnasm ] n. m. • 1610; « mot augmenté d une lettre ou d une syllabe » 1571; gr. pleonasmos ♦ Didact. Terme ou expression qui ne fait qu ajouter une répétition à ce qui vient d être énoncé. ⇒ redondance, tautologie. Pléonasme fautif (ex.… …
62redundant, superfluous, prolix — These words have a common meaning of too much, more than is required or needed, excessive : The speaker s response to the question was redundant (or superfluous or prolix). Superfluous, derived from Latin terms meaning overflow, is applicable to… …
63abundant — Synonyms and related words: abounding, affluent, all sufficing, ample, aplenty, blooming, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bursting, bursting out, common, copious, countless, crammed, creative, crowded, diffuse, diffusive, effuse, effusive,… …
64copious — Synonyms and related words: abounding, abundant, affluent, all sufficing, ample, aplenty, blooming, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, broad, bursting, bursting out, capacious, comprehensive, countless, creative, diffuse, diffusive, effuse,… …
65de trop — Synonyms and related words: dispensable, excess, expendable, expletive, extra, gratuitous, in excess, needless, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, tautologic, tautologous, to… …
66diffuse — Synonyms and related words: abounding, abundant, affluent, all sufficing, ambagious, ample, aplenty, assign, atomize, bend, bespread, bestrew, bias, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, broad, broadcast …
67dispensable — Synonyms and related words: admissible, allocated, allowable, apportionable, apportioned, back burner, condonable, de trop, defensible, dinky, disposable, distributable, divisible, excess, excusable, exemptible, expendable, expiable, expletive,… …
68effusive — Synonyms and related words: abundant, accessible, all jaw, approachable, candid, chatty, cloying, communicative, conversable, conversational, copious, demonstrative, diffuse, diffusive, ebullient, effluent, effused, emotional, expansive,… …
69excess — Synonyms and related words: Saturnalia, aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, burlesque, caricature, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, de trop, debauchery, dilatation, dilation, disentitlement, dispensable,… …
70expendable — Synonyms and related words: consumable, de trop, dispensable, disposable, excess, expletive, gratuitous, in excess, inessential, insignificant, needless, no deposit, nonessential, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, replaceable, spare, spendable,… …
