8 Letter Words for Pleonasm
neoplasm, pleonasm, polesman, splenoma
7 Letter Words for Pleonasm
espanol, lopeman, melanos, mopanes, pelanos, plasmon, plasome, poleman, spelman
6 Letter Words for Pleonasm
almose, amoles, anoles, aplome, aslope, lanose, lemans, lemnos, lemons, maleos, malope, maples, melano, melons, melosa, mensal, monals, monase, mopane, naples, nopals, paeons, paleon, panels, peason, pelmas, planes, pleons, pomane, salmon, salome, sample, semola, solemn, sompne
5 Letter Words for Pleonasm
almes, almon, aloes, alone, alose, alpen, amens, amole, ample, amsel, anole, aslop, aspen, elamp, elans, elaps, elops, enols, epona, epsom, lames, lamps, lanes, lapon, lapse, leams, leans, leaps, leman, lemna, lemon, lenos, lepas, loams, loans, lomas, lomes, lonas, lopes, losen, maleo, males, manes, manos, manse, manso, maple, mason, meals, means, melas, melon, melos, mensa, mesal, meson, moans, molas, moles, molpe, monal, monas, monel, mopes, mopla, mosan, mosel, names, napes, neals, neaps, nemas, nemos, nepal, noels, noles, nomap, nomas, nomes, nopal, nopes, olena, olpes, omens, omnes, onlap, opals, opens, osela, paeon, paleo, pales, palmo, palms, panel, panes, panse, paseo, pasmo, peals, peans, pelas, pelma, pelon, penal, peons, plane, plano, plans, plasm, pleas, plena, pleon, poems, poles, pomel, pomes, pones, psalm, psoae, salem, salep, salmo, salon, salop, samel, samen, saone, saple, selma, senal, senam, sepal, slamp, slane, slape, sloan, slone, slope, snape, sneap, solan, solea, solen, somal, soman, somne, spale, spane, speal, spean, spole
4 Letter Words for Pleonasm
alem, alen, alep, ales, alme, alms, aloe, alop, alps, also, amel, amen, amon, amos, amps, anes, apes, apse, asem, asop, eans, elan, elms, emos, enam, enol, eoan, eons, epos, esop, laen, lame, lamp, lams, lane, laos, laps, lase, leam, lean, leap, leas, lena, leno, lens, leon, leos, lepa, leps, loam, loan, loma, lome, lone, lope, lops, lose, maes, male, malo, mals, mane, mano, mans, mapo, maps, mase, meal, mean, meas, mela, mels, meno, mens, mesa, meso, mnas, moan, moas, moes, mola, mole, mols, mona, mone, mons, mope, mops, mose, nael, nale, name, nams, naos, nape, naps, naso, neal, neap, nema, nemo, nepa, neps, noel, noes, nole, noma, nome, noms, nope, nose, olam, olea, oles, olms, olpe, oman, omen, ones, opal, open, opes, pale, palm, pals, pams, pane, pans, paon, pase, paso, peal, pean, peas, pela, pens, peon, pesa, peso, plan, plea, poas, poem, pole, pols, pome, poms, pone, pons, pose, sale, salp, same, samp, sane, sapo, seal, seam, sean, sena, sepn, slam, slap, sloe, slon, slop, snap, snop, soam, soap, sola, sole, soln, soma, some, sone, sope, spae, spam, span
3 Letter Words for Pleonasm
aes, ale, aln, alo, alp, als, ame, amp, ane, ans, ape, apl, ase, asl, asp, eam, ean, eas, ela, elm, els, emo, emp, ems, enl, ens, eom, eon, eos, epa, esm, esp, lam, lan, lao, lap, las, lea, lem, leo, lep, les, loa, loe, lop, los, lpm, lpn, mae, mal, man, mao, map, mas, mea, mel, men, mes, mls, mna, moa, moe, mol, mon, mop, mos, msl, nae, nam, nap, nas, nea, neo, nep, noa, nol, nom, nos, oam, oas, oes, ola, ole, olm, olp, oms, ona, one, ons, opa, ope, ops, ose, pal, pam, pan, pas, pea, pel, pen, pes, pms, poa, pol, pom, pon, pos, sal, sam, san, sao, sap, sea, sel, sem, sen, sep, sla, sle, sma, sml, sol, som, son, sop, spa, spl
Definitions for Pleonasm
[1] the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
[2] an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.
[3] a redundant word or expression.
[4] the use of more words than necessary or an instance of this, such as a tiny little child
[5] a word or phrase that is superfluous
Words related to Pleonasm
diffusion, rhetoric, redundancy, garrulity, copiousness, verbosity, circumlocution, diffuseness, verboseness, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, repetition, logorrhea, tautology, loquaciousness, redundance, wordage
Words nearby Pleonasm
pleomastia, pleomorphic, pleomorphic lipoma, pleomorphism, pleon, pleonasm, pleonosteosis, pleopod, pleoptics, plerion, plerocercoid
Origin of Pleonasm
1580–90; < Late Latin pleonasmus < Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself derivative of pleíōn more (see pleo-)
Other words from Pleonasm
ple·o·nas·tic , adjective
ple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Pleonasm
C16: from Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos excess, from pleonazein to be redundant
Synonyms for Pleonasm
circumlocution, copiousness, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, logorrhea, long-windedness, loquaciousness, loquacity, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, repetition, rhetoric, tautology, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage