CIRCUMLOCUTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an indirect way of expressing something
   Synonym(s)
   • indirect expression (what does indirect expression mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) circumlocution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • equivocation (what does equivocation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
   Synonym(s)
   • ambage (what does ambage mean?)
   • periphrasis (what does periphrasis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) circumlocution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • verboseness (what does verboseness mean?)
   • verbosity (what does verbosity mean?)