Related Words for short and sweet

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short
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
succinct
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Adjective
summary
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Noun
brisk
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Adjective
rushed
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Verb
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
terse
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Noun
hurried
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Verb
expedited
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Adjective
lean and mean
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Phrase, Adjective
expedient
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Noun
cursory
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Adjective
precipitate
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Noun
perfunctory
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Adjective
forthright
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Adjective
prompt
/
Adjective
incisive
x/x
Adjective
early on
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
accelerated
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Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective
abrupt
x/
Adjective
headlong
/x
Noun
plump
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Adjective
early
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Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
periphrastic
x//x
Adjective
minutely
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Adverb
brutal
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Adjective
downright
/x
Adjective
quick
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Adjective
businesslike
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Adjective
near
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
regular
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Adjective
stepwise
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Noun
breezy
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Noun
parsimonious
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Adjective
straight
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Adjective
piecemeal
/x
Adjective
condensed
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Adjective
clipped
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Adjective
fine
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Adjective
very
/x
Adverb
exhilarating
x/xxx
Adjective
minimum
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Noun
precipitous
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Adjective
solicitous
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Adjective
passing
/x
Noun
apropos
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Noun
ingenuous
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Adjective
trenching
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Noun
around the corner
x/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
shrilly
/x
Adverb
orderly
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Adjective
flat
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Adjective
frank
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Name
soft
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Adjective
spontaneous
x/xx
Adjective
focused
/x
Verb
shuffling
/x
Noun
sorted
/x
Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Noun
monotonic
/x/x
Adjective
fast and furious
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Phrase, Adjective
excerpted
x/x
Verb
intensive
x/x
Adjective
reflexive
x/x
Adjective
expressive
x/x
Adjective
quotidian
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Noun
routinized
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Adjective
shrunk
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Noun
routine
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Noun
cleanly
/x
Adjective
syncopated
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Adjective
laborious
x/xx
Adjective
scrupulous
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Adjective
close
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Adjective
ordered
/x
Verb
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
running
/x
Verb
straightaway
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Noun
complimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
acute
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
adorable
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Adjective
affectionate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
agreeable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
amazing
x/x
Adjective
ambrosia
x/x
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
angel
/x
Noun, Verb
anyhow
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Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
aromatic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
attractive
x/x
Adjective
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
babe
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Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
baked alaska
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
balmy
/x
Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
beau
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Noun, Verb
beautiful
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Adjective, Noun
behind
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bell
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Noun, Verb
belle
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Name
beloved
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Adjective, Noun
below
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Adverb, Noun
bentley
/x
Name
bewitching
x/x
Noun, Adjective
bit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bland
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
blithe
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Adjective, Name
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
brave
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
briefest
/x
Adjective
briefly
/x
Adverb
bright
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brilliant
/x
Adjective, Noun
brusque
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Adjective, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
cabbage
/x
Noun, Verb
cadence
/x
Noun, Verb
candy
/x
Noun, Verb
candy apple
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
capsicum
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Noun
caramel
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
charlotte
/x
Name
charming
/x
Adjective, Noun
cheerful
/x
Adjective
cheery
/x
Adjective
cher
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Noun
cherry
/x
Noun, Adjective
chewing gum
/x/
Phrase, Noun
chic
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Adjective, Noun
chill
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
chocolate
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
classy
/x
Adjective
cloying
/x
Adjective
coffee
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
comforting
/xx
Adjective, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
compote
/x
Noun
con
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Noun, Verb
concise
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Adjective, Verb
confection
x/x
Noun, Verb
confectionery
x/xxx
Noun
considerate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cooper
/x
Name, Verb
corrosive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
cozy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cuddly
/x
Adjective
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
curt
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cute
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Adjective
cutie
/x
Noun
dainty
/x
Adjective, Noun
darling
/x
Noun, Adjective
dead
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dearest
/x
Noun
decent
/x
Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
delectable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
delicious
x/x
Adjective
delightful
x/x
Adjective
delirium
x/xx
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
dessert
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Noun
digest
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Noun, Verb
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
docs
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Noun
doing
/x
Noun
doll
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Noun
drake
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Name
dry
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
dulce
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
dumpling
/x
Noun
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
duncan
/x
Name
dwarf
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
elliott
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Name
enchanting
x/x
Adjective, Noun
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
enough
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Adverb, Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
expensive
x/x
Adjective
exquisite
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Adjective, Noun
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
fantastic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
far
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
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Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
flan
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Noun, Verb
fleecy
/x
Adjective
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
fluffy
/x
Adjective, Noun
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fox
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Noun, Verb
fragrant
/x
Adjective
fresh
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
freshwater
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Noun, Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
friendly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fun
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gardner
/x
Name
genius
/x
Noun, Adjective
gentlest
/xx
Adjective
glad
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
glance
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Noun, Verb
go
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
god
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Name, Verb
good
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
goody
/x
Name, Adjective
gorgeous
/x
Adjective
gracious
/x
Adjective
graham
/x
Name
grateful
/x
Adjective
gratifying
/xxx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
groovy
/x
Noun, Adjective
gum
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Noun, Verb
hair
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Noun, Verb
handsome
/x
Adjective, Verb