| Main Entry: | aphoristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
Synonyms: |
apothegmatic, compact, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, epigrammatical, sententious, succinct, to the point |
| Main Entry: | axiomatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | understood; aphoristic |
Synonyms: |
absolute, accepted, aphoristic, apothegmatic, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, indubitable, manifest, obvious, presupposed, proverbial, self-evident, unquestioned |
Antonyms: |
misunderstood, questionable, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abbreviated, aphoristic, bare, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, curtailed, curtate, cut short, cut to the bone, decreased, decurtate, diminished, epigrammatic, fleeting, in a nutshell, laconic, lessened, little, momentary, not protracted, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, short-lived, short-term, shortened, succinct, summarized, summary, terse, undersized, unprolonged, unsustained |
Antonyms: |
large, lengthy, long, unabridged |
| Main Entry: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, short |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, clear-cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a nutshell, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, to the point, trenchant |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
Antonyms: |
lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy |
| Main Entry: | sententious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compact |
Synonyms: |
aphoristic, concise, pithy, pointed |
| Main Entry: | sententious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concise |
Synonyms: |
abounding, aphoristic, brief, epigrammatic, laconic, meaningful, moralistic, pithy, pompous, pretentious, short, terse |
| Main Entry: | epigrammatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
Synonyms: |
aphoristic, compact, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, piquant, pointed, succinct, terse, to the point, witty |
| Main Entry: | marrowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
Synonyms: |
aphoristic, cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, down to brass tacks, effective, epigrammatic, epigrammatical, expressive, honed, laconic, meaningful, meaty, pointed, short, short-and-sweet, significant, succinct, terse, to the point, trenchant |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
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Adjectives: |
little, short, brachyskelic, brief, commatic, compact, compendious, concise, curt, curtailed of its fair proportion, dumpy, fubsy, improcerous, oblate, pug, runtish, scrimp, shorn, short by, short-waisted, spuddy, squab, squabbish, squabby, squat, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, summary, thickset, undersized
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| Main Entry: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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