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brevity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brevity

1 the condition of being short
  • the brevity of youth
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

extensiveness

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

lengthiness
2 the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning
  • the remarkable brevity of Emily Dickinson's poems
Synonyms of brevity

briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness
Words Related to brevity

abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness
Near Antonyms of brevity

redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology
Antonyms of brevity

diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness

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