11 Letter Words for Officialese
officialese
9 Letter Words for Officialese
coalifies, officials
8 Letter Words for Officialese
calefies, fasciole, felicias, icefloes, official, seacliff
7 Letter Words for Officialese
caffeol, caffiso, celosia, coffees, coffles, coiffes, effaces, fascili, fecials, felicia, icefloe, iceleaf, offices, oilcase, scaffie, scaffle
6 Letter Words for Officialese
aeolis, affies, affile, aiolis, caffle, ceilis, cisela, cisele, cliffs, cloffs, coelia, coffea, coffee, coffle, coiffe, colies, eacles, eclose, ecoles, efface, eiffel, elaeis, facies, facile, falces, falsie, fascio, fecial, felsic, fiasco, ficoes, filace, filose, fiscal, focsle, folies, ilices, isicle, laesie, laiose, liaise, offals, office, olease, scaife, scalfe, sclaff, scliff, scolia, secale, selfie, siacle, sialic, siecle, siffle, silica, silico, social, solace
5 Letter Words for Officialese
acies, aioli, aisle, alces, alecs, alefs, alice, alife, alifs, aliso, aloes, alose, ascii, caese, cafes, caffs, calef, calos, cease, ceile, ceili, ceils, ciaos, ciels, cilia, claes, clefs, clies, cliff, cloes, cloff, close, coals, coeff, coffs, coifs, coils, colas, coles, cosie, eales, easel, easle, ecole, eisel, elaic, elfic, eolic, esile, faces, facie, fails, falco, false, fasci, feals, fease, fecal, feces, feels, felis, fices, ficos, fiefs, fifes, fifie, filao, filea, files, filos, fleas, flees, flics, flies, flocs, floes, foals, focal, foils, folia, folic, folie, fosie, ileac, iliac, isiac, laces, lacis, laffs, laics, leafs, lease, lefse, liefs, loafs, offal, offic, oleic, osela, saice, salic, scaff, scail, scale, scalf, scoff, sicle, sifac, slice, socii, socle, sofia, solea, solei, solfa
4 Letter Words for Officialese
aces, acle, aiel, aile, ails, alce, alco, alec, alee, alef, ales, alif, alii, aloe, also, aoli, asci, asio, cafe, caff, calf, calo, cals, case, ceas, cees, ceil, cele, cels, ciao, ciel, clee, clef, clio, clof, clos, coal, coef, coes, coff, coif, coil, cola, cole, coli, cols, cose, eale, ease, ecol, eels, effs, eila, elec, elfs, else, eole, esca, face, fail, fasc, feal, feel, fees, feif, feil, feis, fele, fels, fica, fice, fico, fief, fiel, fies, fife, fifo, fila, file, fili, filo, fils, fisc, fise, flea, flee, flic, floc, floe, foal, foes, foil, fole, icao, ices, ilea, ilia, iocs, isle, lace, lacs, laff, laic, laos, lase, leaf, leas, leef, lees, leis, leos, lese, lias, lice, lief, lies, life, lifo, loaf, loca, loci, lose, oafs, ocas, oeci, offs, oils, olea, oles, saco, safe, saic, sail, sale, scil, seal, seco, seel, seif, seil, sele, self, sial, sice, sife, sila, sile, silo, siol, slee, sloe, soca, soce, sofa, soil, sola, sole
3 Letter Words for Officialese
ace, aes, aff, ail, ais, alc, ale, alf, alo, als, ase, asl, caf, cai, cal, cee, cel, ceo, cfi, cfs, cia, cie, cif, cis, cli, clo, col, cos, csi, eas, eco, eec, eel, eff, efl, efs, ela, elf, eli, els, eof, eos, esc, ese, fac, fao, fas, fcs, fec, fee, fei, fes, ffa, fie, fil, flo, foe, fol, iao, ice, ifc, ife, iff, ifs, ile, ilo, iof, ios, ise, isl, iso, lac, lai, lao, las, lca, lea, lee, lei, leo, les, lie, lif, lis, loa, loc, loe, lof, los, lsc, oaf, oas, oca, oes, off, oie, oii, oil, ois, ola, ole, ose, osi, sac, sai, sal, sao, scf, sci, sea, sec, see, sei, sel, sic, sie, sif, sil, sla, sle, soc, sol
Definitions for Officialese
[1] a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
[2] language characteristic of official documents, esp when verbose or pedantic
Words related to Officialese
diffusion, redundancy, garrulity, diffuseness, verbosity, circumlocution, fecundity, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, tautology, periphrasis, logorrhea, loquaciousness, verbality, verbigeration
Words nearby Officialese
official receiver, official referee, official solicitor, official strike, officialdom, officialese, officialism, officialize, officially, officiant, officiary
Origin of Officialese
First recorded in 1880–85; official + -ese
Synonyms for Officialese
circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, fecundity, garrulity, logorrhea, loquaciousness, loquacity, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, tautology, verbiage, verbosity, catalogic, macrology, verbality, verbigeration, verbomania