10 Letter Words for Periphrase
periphrase
9 Letter Words for Periphrase
reshipper
8 Letter Words for Periphrase
hearsier, paperers, paperier, papisher, peership, pereiras, perisher, perspire, pharisee, phrasier, prepares, preshape, preshare, reaspire, repapers, rephrase, repraise, reshaper, sapphire, spearier, spherier
7 Letter Words for Periphrase
aperies, apprise, aspiree, aspirer, epeiras, ephapse, happier, happies, harpers, harpier, harpies, harries, heapers, heapier, hearers, herries, paperer, parries, pereira, perhaps, perpera, perreia, perries, phearse, phraser, praiser, prehaps, prepare, preship, prisere, rapiers, rappees, rappers, raspier, reapers, rearise, rehears, rehires, repairs, repaper, rephase, reprise, reraise, reshape, reshare, reshear, respire, rippers, ripraps, sappier, sephira, shapier, sharper, sharpie, shearer, shipper, spearer, sphaere, spheare
6 Letter Words for Periphrase
aerier, aeries, airers, appere, ariser, arrish, ashier, aspire, easier, epeira, eprise, eraser, espier, haeres, hairse, happer, harier, harper, harris, heaper, hearer, heares, hearie, hearse, hepars, hepper, heries, herpes, hersir, hesper, hipper, hirees, hirers, pairer, paires, papers, papier, papish, parers, paries, parish, parsee, parser, peares, peiser, perais, pereia, perish, perrie, persea, persia, phares, phaser, pheers, phrase, pierre, pipers, praise, prease, preser, priers, priser, raiser, rapers, raphes, raphis, rapier, rappee, rapper, rarish, rasher, rasper, reaper, rehair, reheap, rehear, rehire, repair, repipe, rerise, reship, rhapis, ripers, ripper, riprap, risper, sairer, saphie, sapper, searer, sepiae, serape, seraph, seriph, serrai, shaper, sharer, sheria, sherpa, shirra, shrape, sierra, sipper, sirpea, sirrah, sirree, spahee, sparer, sparre, sperre, sphaer, sphear, sphere, spirae, spirea, sprier
5 Letter Words for Periphrase
aerie, aesir, airer, apers, aphis, apish, apres, arere, aries, arise, arish, arrie, arris, asher, ashir, asper, earsh, easer, ephas, eppes, epris, erase, haire, hairs, hares, harps, harre, heaps, heare, hears, heirs, hepar, heres, herse, hiera, hiper, hiree, hirer, hires, hirse, isere, paire, pairs, paise, paper, papes, parer, pares, paris, parps, parrs, parse, parsi, peare, pears, peeps, peers, pepsi, perai, perea, peres, peris, perps, perse, pesah, phare, phase, pheer, phese, phies, piers, pipas, piper, pipes, pipra, prase, prees, preps, presa, prier, pries, raise, raper, rapes, raphe, rappe, rares, raser, reais, reaps, rears, repas, repps, rheas, rhies, riper, ripes, ripps, riser, sapir, sarip, seare, sepia, seppa, serai, sereh, serer, serra, serre, shape, share, sharp, shear, sheep, sheer, shere, shier, shire, shirr, shrap, shrip, siper, sirra, spaer, spahi, spair, spare, spear, speer, speir, spier, spira, spire, spree
4 Letter Words for Periphrase
aire, airs, aper, apes, apis, apps, apse, ares, aris, arri, ears, ease, eira, eire, epha, eras, erer, eres, eria, erie, eris, errs, erse, ersh, haes, hair, haps, hare, harp, harr, hasp, heap, hear, heep, heer, heir, heps, hera, here, herp, herr, hers, hesp, hies, hipe, hips, hire, iare, ipse, ires, irpe, pahi, pahs, paip, pair, pais, pape, paps, pare, pari, parp, parr, pars, pase, pash, pasi, peai, pear, peas, peep, peer, pees, pehs, peps, pere, perh, peri, perp, pers, pesa, phar, phis, pias, pier, pies, pipa, pipe, pips, pirr, pirs, pisa, pise, pish, pree, prep, pres, prie, psha, psia, rahs, rais, rape, raps, rare, rash, rasp, reap, rear, rees, rehs, repp, repr, reps, resp, rhea, rias, rier, ries, ripa, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, saip, sair, sare, sari, seah, sear, seep, seer, seir, sere, serr, shap, shea, shee, sher, shia, ship, shir, shri, sier, sipe, sire, spae, spar, spie
3 Letter Words for Periphrase
aer, aes, ahi, ahs, air, ais, ape, aph, app, apr, are, arr, ars, ase, ash, asp, ear, eas, eer, ehs, eir, epa, epi, era, ere, err, ers, ese, esp, esr, hae, hap, has, hee, hei, hep, her, hes, hia, hie, hip, hir, his, hrs, ihp, ihs, iph, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, ish, pah, pap, par, pas, pea, pee, peh, pep, per, pes, phi, phr, pia, pie, pip, pir, pis, ppa, pph, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, prp, prs, psi, rah, rai, rap, ras, rea, ree, reh, rei, rep, res, rha, rhe, ria, rie, rip, rps, sah, sai, sap, sar, sea, see, sei, sep, ser, sha, she, shi, shp, shr, sie, sip, sir, spa, spp, sri
Definitions for Periphrase
[1] the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
[2] an expression phrased in such fashion.
[3] a roundabout way of expressing something; circumlocution
[4] an expression of this kind
Words related to Periphrase
periphrasisredundancy, verbosity, circumlocution, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, floridity, tautology, periphrasis, expansiveness, euphemism, diffuseness, wordiness, roundabout, verbiage, indirectness, discursiveness, verbality
Words nearby Periphrase
periphrasisperipheral vision, peripheralism, peripheric, periphery, periphlebitis, periphrasis, periphrastic, periphyton, periplasm, periporitis, periproct
Origin of Periphrase
is1525–35; < Latin < Greek períphrasis. See peri-, phrase, -sis
Word origin for Periphrase
isC16: via Latin from Greek, from peri- + phrazein to declare
Synonyms for Periphrase
circumlocution, expansiveness, floridity, long-windedness, loquacity, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, tautology, verbosity