Synonyms: concise
Definition: expressing much in few words
Usage: a concise explanation
Similar words: aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic
Definition: terse and witty and like a maxim
Usage: much given to apothegmatic instruction
Similar words: brief
Definition: concise and succinct
Usage: covered the matter in a brief statement
Similar words: compact, compendious, succinct, summary
Definition: briefly giving the gist of something
Usage: a short and compendious book; a compact style is brief and pithy; succinct comparisons; a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
Similar words: terse, laconic, curt, crisp
Definition: brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Usage: a crisp retort; a response so curt as to be almost rude; the laconic reply; `yes'; short and terse and easy to understand
Similar words: cryptic
Definition: having a puzzling terseness
Usage: a cryptic note
Similar words: elliptic, elliptical
Definition: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
Usage: the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints; the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity- H.O.Taylor
Similar words: pithy, sententious
Definition: concise and full of meaning
Usage: welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams- Hervey Allen
Similar words: telegraphic
Definition: having the style of a telegram with many short words left out
Usage: telegraphic economy of words; the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics