| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt |
Synonyms: |
barefaced, bearish, blunt, blustering, breviloquent, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, direct, downright, forthright, frank, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, rough, rude, short, short-spoken, sincere, snippety, snippy, straightforward, tactless, tart, terse, unceremonious |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, compressed |
Synonyms: |
abrupt, bluff, blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compendiary, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, hasty, laconic, limited, little, pithy, sharp, short and sweet, skimpy, small, snippy, succinct, surly, terse, to the point |
Antonyms: |
lengthy, long |
| Main Entry: | compendious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
Synonyms: |
abbreviated, breviloquent, brief, close, compact, compendiary, comprehensive, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summarized, summary, synoptic |
Antonyms: |
enlarged, lengthened, unabridged |
| Main Entry: | concise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
Synonyms: |
abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
Antonyms: |
expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy |
| Main Entry: | curt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, rude |
Synonyms: |
blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, churlish, compendiary, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippety, snippy, succinct, summary, tart, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious |
Antonyms: |
ceremonious, civil, gracious, lengthy, polite |
| Main Entry: | laconic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
Synonyms: |
breviloquent, brief, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, pithy, sententious, short and sweet, succinct, terse |
Antonyms: |
long-winded, verbose, wordy |
| 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: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, discourteous |
Synonyms: |
bad-tempered, blunt, breviloquent, brief, brusque, curt, direct, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, sharp, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy, snippety, snippy, straight, terse, testy, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious |
Antonyms: |
courteous, kind, polite |
| Main Entry: | succinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
Synonyms: |
blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse |
Antonyms: |
lengthy, long-winded, wordy |
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concise, to the point |
Synonyms: |
arbitrary, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run-down, run-through, short, short and sweet, succinct, terse |
Antonyms: |
lengthy, long, long-winded, unabridged, wordy |