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capsule

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of capsule

marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
  • capsule reviews of the latest offerings at the multiplex
Synonyms of capsule

brief, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, terse, thumbnail
Words Related to capsule

abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), short, snippety, snippy

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened

meaty, substantial

meaningful, significant

well-turned
Near Antonyms of capsule

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

enlarged, expanded, supplemented

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated
Antonyms of capsule

circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy

capsule

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of capsule

1 a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
  • took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week
Synonyms of capsule

cap, lozenge, pill, tablet
Words Related to capsule

cure, drug, medication, medicinal, pharmaceutical, physic, remedy, specific

miracle drug, wonder drug

potion, preparation

dosage, dose
2 something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
  • a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now
Synonyms of capsule

armor, case, casing, cocoon, cover, covering, encasement, housing, hull, husk, jacket, pod, sheath, shell
Words Related to capsule

cartridge, cassette (also casette)

bark, crust

carapace, house, mail, panoply, plate, plating, shield

cuticle, hide, skin

envelope, package, wrapper

backing, coating, coverture, facing

capsule

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of capsule

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together
  • newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers
Synonyms of capsule

capsulize, collapse, compact, compress, condense, constrict, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope
Words Related to capsule

cram, crowd, jam, jam-pack, pack

abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten

boil down, downsize, shrink

concentrate, consolidate

simplify, streamline

decrease, diminish, lessen
Near Antonyms of capsule

dilate, disperse, dissipate, scatter

distend, inflate, swell
Antonyms of capsule

decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch

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