verbose

American  

[ver-bohs] / vərˈboʊs /

adjective

1. characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy.

   a verbose report.

   Synonyms:

   loquacious, talkative, voluble, turgid, inflated, tedious, prolix

   Antonyms:

   laconic

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verbose British  

/ vɜːˈbəʊs, vɜːˈbɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. using or containing an excess of words, so as to be pedantic or boring; prolix

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Related Words

See bombastic.

Other Word Forms

• unverbose adjective
• unverbosely adverb
• unverboseness noun
• verbosely adverb
• verboseness noun
• verbosity noun

Etymology

Origin of verbose

1665–75; < Latin verbōsus, equivalent to verb ( um ) word + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

In another, a patient reporting a headache was given a verbose response that said the patient could have anything from something minor to a brain tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

And when people learn I’m a fan of the Mountain Goats — the wildly prolific, verbose and cult-beloved group led by the singer-songwriter-novelist John Darnielle — I am sometimes called upon to be that guide.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023

ChatGPT uses its vast database to identify related text that it can string together in prose that is grammatically correct, turgid, exceptionally verbose, and devoid of any understanding of the question or its answer.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023

Neither of us was what anyone would call verbose, and I didn’t know what there was to say regardless.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer