terse | Definition of terse

Synonyms and Antonyms of terse

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

could tell from his terse replies to my questions that he was in no mood to talk

Synonyms of terse

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

Words Related to terse

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

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened

meaty, substantial

meaningful, significant

Near Antonyms of terse

pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

enlarged, expanded, supplemented

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated

Antonyms of terse

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