concise
concise is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson. Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts. See Laconic, and Terse.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstract
- and
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- close
- come
- comes
- compact
- compendious
- compendium
- compressed
- compression
- concisely
- conciseness
- condense
- crisp
- curt
- cut
- ellipsis
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- epitome
- exact
- few
- for
- laconic
- laconism
- long
- make
- matter
- monostich
- neat
- pithy
- point
- pointed
- portmanteau
- pregnant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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