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Showing words for PLEONASM using the English dictionary

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