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brevity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brevity

1 the condition of being short

the best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity

Synonyms of brevity

briefness, conciseness, shortness

Words Related to brevity

abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), compression, condensation, contraction, curtailment

decreasing, diminishing, lessening, reducing, shortening, shrinking

abruptness, brusqueness, curtness

compendiousness, crispness, laconism, pithiness, succinctness, tautness, terseness

littleness, minuteness, smallness, tininess

Near Antonyms of brevity

elongating, elongation, extending, extension, prolongation, prolonging, protraction, stretching

expansion, growth, spread

diffuseness, garrulousness, long-windedness, prolixity, talkativeness, talkiness, verboseness, volubility, wordiness

bigness, bulkiness, greatness, heftiness, largeness

Antonyms of brevity

2 the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning

if brevity is the soul of wit, then that speech wasn't at all witty

Synonyms of brevity

briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, sententiousness, succinctness, terseness

Words Related to brevity

abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness

Near Antonyms of brevity

periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology

Antonyms of brevity

diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness

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