Need another word that means the same as “concise”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “concise” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Concise” are: succinct, short, brief, pithy, incisive, short and sweet, crisp
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “concise” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
brief | (of clothing) very short. Be brief and don t talk for longer than is necessary. |
crisp | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined. A crisp retort. |
incisive | (of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking. As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang. |
pithy | Concise and full of meaning. Welcomed her pithy comments. |
short | Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. Only a few short months. |
short and sweet | Deficient in retentiveness or range. |
succinct | (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed. Use short succinct sentences. |
abbreviate | Shorten. Network is often abbreviated to net. |
abbreviated | Cut short in duration. An abbreviated swimsuit. |
abbreviation | The process of abbreviating something. Nursing records must be written without abbreviation. |
brevity | Shortness of time. The brevity of human life. |
brief | Instruct a barrister by brief. His brief is to turn round the county s fortunes. |
brusque | Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. She could be brusque and impatient. |
clarity | The quality of being coherent and intelligible. It was clarity of purpose that he needed. |
compact | A mass of powdered metal compacted together in preparation for sintering. This compact car has plenty of boot space. |
compendious | Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way. A compendious study. |
conciseness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
drawl | Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds. Drawl one s vowels. |
ephemeral | An ephemeral plant. Works of more than ephemeral interest. |
fleeting | Lasting for a very short time. For a fleeting moment I saw the face of a boy. |
handbook | A book giving information such as facts on a particular subject or instructions for operating a machine. A handbook of poisonous plants. |
interlude | Perform an interlude. The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation. |
laconic | Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. The laconic reply yes. |
mortality | Death, especially on a large scale. Post operative mortality was 90 per cent for some operations. |
pithiness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
pithy | Concise and full of meaning- Hervey Allen. Welcomed her pithy comments. |
provisional | A provisional stamp. Norman as yet had only a provisional licence. |
sententious | Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing- Kathleen Barnes. He tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric. |
short | Create a short circuit in. A short sale. |
succinct | Briefly giving the gist of something. Succinct comparisons. |
succinctness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
summary | A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form. A summary of Chapter Three. |
terse | Sparing in the use of words; abrupt. A terse statement. |
transience | An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying. The transience of life and happiness. |
transient | A short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load. Transient laborers. |
transitory | Lasting a very short time. Transitory periods of medieval greatness. |
truncate | Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one. Like many women of her generation who were at school just before the war she was obliged to truncate her education. |
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