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Synonyms

brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, thumbnail;

Antonyms

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy;

Near Antonyms

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous;

enlarged, expanded, supplemented;

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated;

Related Words

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy;

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened;

meaty, substantial;

meaningful, significant;

well-turned;