Related Words for laconic

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concise
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Adjective, Adjective
terse
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective
taciturn
/xx
Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
deadpan
/x
Adjective
gruff
/
Adjective
jocular
/xx
Adjective
nonchalant
xx/
Adjective
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
stoic
/x
Noun
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
easygoing
/x/x
Adjective
affable
/xx
Adjective
phlegmatic
x/x
Adjective
folksy
/x
Adjective
pugnacious
x/x
Adjective
loquacious
x/x
Adjective
amiable
/xxx
Adjective
stolid
/x
Adjective
stoical
/xx
Adjective
droll
/
Adjective
jovial
/xx
Adjective
glib
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Noun
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
voluble
/xx
Adjective
unpretentious
xx/x
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
eloquent
/xx
Adjective
witty
/x
Adjective
unflappable
x/xx
Adjective
erudite
/xx
Adjective
garrulous
/xx
Adjective
cryptic
/x
Adjective
pithy
/x
Adjective
unemotional
xx/xx
Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
ebullient
x/x
Adjective
snappy
/x
Adjective
flippant
/x
Adjective
genial
/x
Adjective
diffident
/xx
Adjective
punctilious
x/xx
Adjective
morose
x/
Adjective
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
suave
/
Adjective
impassive
x/x
Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
forthright
//
Adjective
verbose
x/
Adjective
cagey
/x
Adjective
somber
/x
Adjective
imperious
x/xx
Adjective
austere
x/
Adjective
artless
/x
Adjective
poetic
x/x
Adjective
staccato
x/x
Noun
elegiac
/xxx
Noun
idiosyncratic
xxxx/x
Adjective
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
inscrutable
x/xx
Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
imperturbable
xxx/x
Adjective
rueful
/x
Adjective
truculent
/xx
Adjective
unapologetic
xxxx/x
Adjective
brief
/
Adjective
compact
/x
Noun
telegraphic
/xxx
Noun
poignant
/x
Adjective
elliptical
x/xx
Adjective
short
/
Adjective
verbal
/x
Adjective
sterile
/x
Adjective
scant
/
Adjective
pungent
/x
Adjective
smart
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective
trenchant
/x
Adjective
copious
/xx
Adjective
caustic
/x
Noun
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
little
/x
Adjective
light
/
Noun
spare
/
Adjective
lucent
/x
Name
bare
/
Adjective
lean
/
Adjective
consonantal
xx/x
Adjective
incisive
x/x
Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
neat
/
Adjective
minimal
/xx
Adjective
lite
/
Noun
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective
pedantic
x/x
Adjective
round
/
Noun
shrewd
/
Adjective
poetical
x/xx
Name
rapier
/xx
Noun
diffuse
x/
Noun
thin
/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
coolidge
/x
Name
brevity
/xx
Noun
reply
x/
Noun
understatement
/xxx
Noun
telegram
/xx
Noun
drawl
/
Noun
rejoinder
x/x
Noun
postcard
/x
Noun
epistle
x/x
Noun
despatch
/x
Noun
remark
x/
Noun
communique
x/xx
Noun
comment
/x
Noun
dispatch
x/
Noun
directness
x/x
Noun
wit
/
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
diary
/xx
Noun
footnote
/x
Noun
inscription
x/x
Noun
phrasing
/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
humour
/x
Noun
style
/
Noun
answer
/x
Noun
eloquence
/xx
Noun
greeting
/x
Noun
wording
/x
Noun
prose
/
Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
note
/
Noun
diction
/x
Noun
message
/x
Noun
utterances
/xxx
Noun
statement
/x
Noun
committal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deprecating
/xxx
Adjective
facetious
x/x
Adjective
ironical
x/xx
Adjective
laudatory
/xxx
Adjective
noncommittal
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb