concise

concise
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. succinct, short, brief, terse, laconic, epigrammatic, summary, compact. See shortness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. succinct, brief, condensed, terse, pithy, laconic, compact, compressed, condensed, tight, compendious, cogent, pointed, to the point, economical, short and sweet*; see also short 2 , terse .
Syn.- concise implies the stating of much in few words, by removing all superfluous or expanded details [ a concise summary ] ; terse may add to this the connotation of polished smoothness and cogency [ a terse style ] or of clipped and abrupt expression [ a terse command ] ; laconic suggests brevity to the point of curtness, ambiguity, or uncommunicativeness [ ``You'll see,"" was his laconic reply ] ; succinct implies clarity but compactness in the fewest words possible [ she spoke in succinct phrases ] ; pithy suggests forcefulness and wit resulting from compactness [pithy axioms ]
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[kun SISE]
brief and to the point.
A concise letter to the editor is always best.
SYN.: brief, to the point, succinct, short, pithy, pointed, terse, compact, summary, *boiled down, *in a nutshell, crisp, laconic.
ANT.: long-winded, wordy, verbose, rambling
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, compendious, laconic, lean2, short, succinct, summary, terse. See BIG, STYLE, WORDS.

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