Using more words than necessary.
Roget 641:
redundancy,
redundance†;
too much,
too many;
superabundance,
superfluity,
superfluence†,
saturation;
nimiety†,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness;
profusion
etc.
(plenty)
639;
repletion,
enough in all conscience,
satis superque [Lat.],
lion's share;
more than enough
etc.
639;
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion,
load,
surfeit,
sickener†;
turgescence
etc.
(expansion)
194†;
overdose,
overmeasure†,
oversupply,
overflow;
inundation
etc.
(water)
348;
avalanche.
accumulation
etc.
(store)
636;
heap
etc.
72;
drug,
drug in the market;
glut;
crowd;
burden.
excess;
surplus,
overplus†;
epact†;
margin;
remainder
etc.
40;
duplicate;
surplusage†,
expletive;
work of supererogation;
bonus,
bonanza.
luxury;
intemperance
etc.
954;
extravagance
etc.
(prodigality)
818;
exorbitance,
lavishment†.
pleonasm
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
too many irons in the fire;
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
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Roget 104:
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run;
battology,
tautology;
monotony,
tautophony;
rhythm
etc.
138;
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain;
rehearsal;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19;
reverberation
etc.
408;
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407;
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale;
old story,
old song;
second edition,
new edition;
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.];
periodicity
etc.
138.
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Roget 573:
diffuseness
etc.
adj.;
amplification
etc.
v.;
dilating
etc.
v.;
verbosity,
verbiage,
cloud of words,
copia verborum [Lat.];
flow of words
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
looseness.
Polylogy†,
tautology,
battology†,
perissology†;
pleonasm,
exuberance,
redundancy;
thrice-told tale;
prolixity;
circumlocution,
ambages†;
periphrase†,
periphrasis;
roundabout phrases;
episode;
expletive;
pennya-lining;
richness
etc.
577.
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Dutch: pleonasme
Polish: masło maślane, tautologia, pleonazm, tautologizm