concise | Definition of concise

Synonyms and Antonyms of concise

marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning

a concise article on violence in the media that manages to say more than most books on the subject

Synonyms of concise

aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail

Words Related to concise

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened

meaty, substantial

meaningful, significant

Near Antonyms of concise

pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

enlarged, expanded, supplemented

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated

Antonyms of concise

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy