wordiness, n. verbosity, prolixity, [verbiage], pleonasm, redundancy.
wording, n. phrasing.
words, n. pl. phraseology; vocabulary. Associated words: glossary, glossarist, glossography, glossology, glossologist, lexicology, lexicologist, etymology, etymologist, etymologize, neology, lexicography, terminology, paronomasia, [pun], [punning], onomatopœoea, syncope, syncopation, literal, literally, literalism, transliteration, [verbal], verbalist, verbalism, battology, logomachy, logomachist, verbarium, apocope, kyriology, metonomy, autonomasia, multiloquence, perissology, purism, purist, elision, polysynthesis, [coin], [coinage], apheresis, aphetic, aphetism, aphesis, onomatopoiesis, metaphrase, acrostic, rebus, synecdoche, verbicide, verbomaniac, locution.
words of an opera. libretto. Associated word: librettist.
wordy, a. [diffuse], prolix, verbose, [redundant], pleonastic. Antonyms: terse, succinct, laconic.
work, v. [toil], [labor], [strive]; [drudge], [slave]; operate, [manipulate], [perform]; [ferment], effervesce. Antonyms: [shirk], [idle], dabble, [loaf], soldier (Colloq.).
work, n. [industry], [toil], [labor], employment, [occupation]; [effort], [exertion], striving; drudgery; [diligence], [assiduity]; [business], [duty], [job], [task]; magnum opus. Antonyms: [idleness], [dalliance], [trifling], [sloth], sluggardy, truancy, dabbling, dilettanteism, [relaxation], leisure, [vacation].
work-bag, n. reticule.
worker, n. [artisan], artificer, [craftsman], handicraftsman, [journeyman], [mechanic], [workman], [laborer], operative, industrial. Antonyms: [idler], [drone], dabbler, sluggard, truant, dilettante, loafer, shirker.
working, a. [industrious].