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| Main Entry: | concise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
| Synonyms: | brief, compact, compendious, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, laconic, lean, meaty, pithy, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, terse, abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, compendiary, compressed, in a nutshell, marrowy, synoptic |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | compendious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | brief, close, compact, comprehensive, concise, condensed, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, abbreviated, breviloquent, compendiary, contracted, summarized, synoptic |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, unabridged, lengthened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, rude |
| Synonyms: | blunt, brief, brusque, churlish, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippy, succinct, summary, tart, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious, breviloquent, compendiary, snippety |
| Antonyms: | ceremonious, civil, gracious, lengthy, polite |
| Main Entry: | laconic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
| Synonyms: | brief, brusque, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, pithy, sententious, short and sweet*, succinct, terse, breviloquent, compendiary |
| Antonyms: | long-winded, verbose, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meaningful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
| Synonyms: | big, clear, concise, consequential, considerable, deep, eloquent, essential, exact, explicit, expressive, heavy, important, indicative, intelligible, material, momentous, pointed, pregnant, purposeful, relevant, sententious, serious, substantial, succinct, suggestive, useful, valid, weighty, worthwhile, allusive |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, meaningless, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | pithy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
| Synonyms: | cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, effective, epigrammatic, expressive, laconic, meaningful, meaty*, pointed, short, significant, succinct, terse, trenchant, down to brass tacks, honed, short-and-sweet |
| Antonyms: | long-winded, verbose, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, portable |
| Synonyms: | canned, capsule, compact, concise, condensed, diminutive, little, midget, miniature, minute, tiny, wee, abridged, epitomized, itsy-bitsy, peewee*, pint-sized, potted |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | succinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
| Synonyms: | blunt, brusque, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse, boiled down, breviloquent, compendiary, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, wordy |
| Main Entry: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, short |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, brusque, clear-cut, close, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet*, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, trenchant, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, clipped, compendiary, cut to the bone, gnomic, in a nutshell, to the point |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thumbnail |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condensed |
| Synonyms: | brief, compact, concise, epigrammatic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, abbreviated, abridged, contracted, curtailed, to the point, truncated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | short and sweet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to the point |
| Synonyms: | brief, compact, concise, condensed, succinct, summary, in a nutshell |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, compressed |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, hasty, laconic, limited, little, pithy, sharp, short and sweet*, skimpy, small, snippy, succinct, surly, terse, boiled down, breviloquent, compendiary, to the point |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
| Synonyms: | acute, bright, clever, concise, keen, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, profound, sharp, trenchant |
| Antonyms: | incompetent, stupid |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, bare, brief, compendious, concise, condensed, cut short, epigrammatic, fleeting, laconic, little, momentary, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet*, short-lived, succinct, summary, terse, undersized, abbreviated, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, compendiary, compressed, curtailed, curtate, cut to the bone, decreased, decurtate, diminished, in a nutshell, lessened, not protracted, short-term, shortened, summarized, unprolonged, unsustained |
| Antonyms: | large, lengthy, long, unabridged |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condensed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shortened |
| Synonyms: | brief, concise, short, succinct |
| Main Entry: | sententious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | compact |
| Synonyms: | concise, pithy, pointed, aphoristic |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short in time |
| Synonyms: | concise, ephemeral, fast, fleeting, hasty, instantaneous, little, meteoric, momentary, passing, quick, short-lived, swift, temporary, transient, transitory, curtailed, short-term |
| Antonyms: | enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, brief |
| Synonyms: | compendious, concise, epigrammatic, laconic, meaty, pithy, pointed, short and sweet*, succinct, terse, boiled down, in a nutshell, make a long story short, marrowy, to the point |
| Antonyms: | big, large, lengthy, long, unabridged |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, biting, caustic, clear-cut, concise, crisp, cutting, laconic, mordant, penetrating, sardonic, satirical, scathing, severe, sharp, succinct, tart, terse, trenchant, acerb, drilling, slashing |
| Antonyms: | gentle, kind, nice |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| 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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