APOTHEGMATIC Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

apothegmatic

adjective

Definition of apothegmatic

as in concise

marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning his clear-sighted assessments of today's political leaders are delivered with an apothegmatic forcefulness

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The best performing content structure is concise, starts with audience interests and provides a link for more detailed information early in the discussion.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Notably, Thinking Machines used Inkling to fine-tune itself, and noticed the model's reasoning traces grew more concise over time.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of concise

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Project Glasswing gave a perception that defenders would have a brief window to strengthen their defenses before the offensive capabilities of Mythos or equivalent models were available to the public.

— Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Supporters only caught a brief glimpse of the SUV that met Messi on the tarmac to transport him and his family to the private neighborhood of Funes, roughly 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Buenos Aires.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of brief

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The judge considered hundreds of pages of evidence and testimony from San Diego officials, homeowners and their lawyers and determined that the city had not met the burden for what is called summary adjudication in any of the five causes of actions.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Such rights obviously do not include summary execution at sea.

— Mary Ellen O'Connell, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025

Definition of summary

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The final section contains a collection of Akbar’s epigrammatic sayings.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
But these perfect, epigrammatic fragments almost always communicate some sort of longing, if not for a better life, then for a more convincingly stoic face to wear through it.

— Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025

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