Synonyms and Antonyms of curt
1
being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner
- she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question
gruff, rough, snappish
candid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-out
artless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomatic
brief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lipped
earnest, honest, sincere
coarse, crass, crude, low, uncouth, vulgar
civil, considerate, courteous, diplomatic, gracious, polite, politic, smooth, suave, tactful
loquacious, talkative, voluble
long-winded, prolix, verbose
courtly, cultivated, gallant, genteel, polished, refined
2
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
- on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation
aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail
abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy
abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened
meaty, substantial
meaningful, significant
well-turned
