LONG-WINDED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

long-winded

adjective

ˌlȯŋ-ˈwin-dəd

Definition of long-winded

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

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Recent Examples of long-winded The 4½-hour ceremony varied between long-winded and succinct. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026 Most were held at church, which meant the price of fried fish was often sitting through an extended sermon led by a long-winded pastor. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026 That long-winded name is shortened to DDR, and the following number indicates the transfer rate (divided by 100). — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026 The podcast aesthetic—casual, long-winded, sometimes profane—directly opposes, perhaps not coincidentally, the sterility and bizarre right-this-minute quality of cable news, on which everything seems incomplete and therefore manipulative, and yet somehow endless. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for long-winded

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rambling

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Dylan Young and his Melbourne group fill their third album with winsome and warm tracks whose best moments combine rambling guitars with tales of bruising regret.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
After the event was disrupted by an armed intruder, the Administration and the association scheduled a July do-over, where Trump delivered a rambling speech indulging seemingly every tangent that sprang to mind, but his contempt remained apparent.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

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