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beating around the bush

synonyms for beating around the bush

  • diffuseness
  • discursiveness
  • euphemism
  • indirectness
  • periphrasis
  • pleonasm
  • prolixity
  • roundabout
  • tautology
  • verbiage
  • wordiness
  • circumambages
  • gassiness
  • periphrase
  • verbal evasion
  • verbality

antonyms for beating around the bush

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  • conciseness
  • directness
  • straightforwardness
  • terseness
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WORDS RELATED TO BEATING AROUND THE BUSH

  • beating around the bush
  • circumambages
  • diffuseness
  • discursiveness
  • euphemism
  • gassiness
  • indirectness
  • periphrase
  • periphrasis
  • pleonasm
  • prolixity
  • roundabout
  • tautology
  • verbal evasion
  • verbality
  • verbiage
  • wordiness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.