succinctness
71circumlocution — periphrasis, pleonasm, *verbiage, redundancy, tautology Analogous words: prolixity, diffuseness, wordiness, verbosity (see corresponding adjectives at WORDY) Contrasted words: compactness (see corresponding adjectives at CLOSE): conciseness or… …
72concise — concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression. A person is concise who speaks or writes briefly ; a thing is… …
73brevity — n 1. briefness, shortness, shortlivedness, transcience, impermanence, ephemerality, caducity. 2. conciseness, succinctness, curtness, terseness, lac onism; pithiness, pointedness, crispness, compactness, compression, compendiousness …
74laconism — n 1. conciseness, brevity, terseness, succinctness, brachylogy; shortness, pithiness, pointedness, incisiveness; silence, taciturnity, reticence. 2. aphorism, gnome, apothegm, maxim, motto, catch phrase; mot, witticism, quip, epigram; saw, saying …
75quotable — quot•a•ble [[t]ˈkwoʊ tə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) able to be easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like 2) suitable or appropriate for quotation • Etymology: 1815–25 quot a•bil′i•ty, n. quot′a•bly, adv …
76succinct — /səkˈsɪŋkt / (say suhk singkt) adjective 1. expressed in few words; concise; terse. 2. characterised by conciseness or verbal brevity. 3. compressed into a small area or compass. 4. Obsolete encircled, as by a girdle. {Middle English, from Latin… …
77brevity — [n] shortness, briefness conciseness, concision, condensation, crispness, curtness, economy, ephemerality, impermanence, pithiness, pointedness, succinctness, terseness, transience, transitoriness; concepts 730,804 Ant. lengthiness, longevity,… …
78succinct — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ briefly and clearly expressed. DERIVATIVES succinctly adverb succinctness noun. ORIGIN from Latin succingere tuck up …
79succinctly — succinct ► ADJECTIVE ▪ briefly and clearly expressed. DERIVATIVES succinctly adverb succinctness noun. ORIGIN from Latin succingere tuck up …
80succinct — [sək siŋkt′] adj. [ME, girdled, girded < L succinctus, prepared, short, contracted, pp. of succingere, to gird, tuck up, prepare < sub ,SUB + cingere, to gird: see CINCH] 1. clearly and briefly stated; terse 2. characterized by brevity and… …
