| Main Entry: | meaty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
Synonyms: |
compact, epigrammatic, factual, full of content, interesting, meaningful, pithy, pointed, profound, rich, substantial, weighty |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, thin |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, brief |
Synonyms: |
boiled down, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, make a long story short, marrowy, meaty, pithy, pointed, short and sweet, succinct, terse, to the point |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
big, large, lengthy, long, 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 |
Antonyms: |
expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
Synonyms: |
beefy, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, butterball, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, husky, inflated, jelly-belly, lard, large, meaty, obese, oversize, paunchy, plump, plumpish, ponderous, porcine, portly, potbellied, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, thickset, weighty, whalelike |
Antonyms: |
skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin |
| Main Entry: | fleshy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
Synonyms: |
adipose, ample, beefy, brawny, chubby, chunky, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, pulpy, sarcous, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded, zaftig |
Antonyms: |
skinny, thin, underweight |
| Main Entry: | pithy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
Synonyms: |
cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, down to brass tacks, effective, epigrammatic, expressive, honed, laconic, meaningful, meaty, pointed, short, short-and-sweet, significant, succinct, terse, trenchant |
Antonyms: |
long-winded, verbose, wordy |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penetrating, biting |
Synonyms: |
accurate, acid, acute, barbed, boiled down, calling a spade a spade, cutting, in a nutshell, incisive, insinuating, keen, laid on the line, legit, meaty, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, pregnant, right to it, right-on, sarcastic, sharp, short-and-sweet, tart, telling, trenchant |
Antonyms: |
calming, mild, nice, soothing |
| 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 |