Entry Word: crisp

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure <the bag of crisp cookies had a lot of crumbs on the bottom>

Synonyms brittle, crispy, crumbly, flaky, friable, short

Related Words crunchy; breakable, delicate, fragile

Near Antonyms elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant, resilient; strong, sturdy, tough

2 being clean and in good order <a pretty, crisp bedspread> — see neat 1
3 marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning <a crisp suggestion about what they could do with their boom box> — see concise