Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun circumlocution

2 senses of circumlocution

Sense 1
circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage -- (a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things)
       => verboseness, verbosity -- (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)

Sense 2
circumlocution, indirect expression -- (an indirect way of expressing something)
       => evasion, equivocation -- (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)