Succinct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style.
  • adj. Archaic Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. brief and to the point; having characteristics of both brevity and clarity.
  • adj. compressed into a tiny area.
  • adj. wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
  • adj. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Prawn up, or held up, by or as by a girdle or band; passed through the girdle, as a loose garment the folds of which are so retained; hence, unimpeded.
  • Compressed into a small compass, especially into few words; characterized by verbal brevity; short; brief; concise; terse: as, a succinct account of the proceedings of the council.
  • In entomology, girdled, as a lepidopterous pupa; having the character of those chrysalids which are supported by a silken thread around the middle. See cut b under Papilionidæ.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. briefly giving the gist of something
  • Equivalent
    concise   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    summary    short    concise    laconic    compendious    brief    terse    bound    concis   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    blinked    distinct    extinct    indistinct    interlinked    linked    winked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    concise    terse    pithy    epigrammatic    matter-of-fact    exhaustive    coherent    laconic    readable    trenchant