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compendious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of compendious

1 covering everything or all important points
  • her compendious knowledge of the monarch butterfly
Synonyms of compendious

all-embracing, all-inclusive, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), complete, comprehensive, cyclopedic, encyclopedic, exhaustive, full, global, in-depth, inclusive, omnibus, panoramic, thorough, universal
Words Related to compendious

broad, catholic, encyclical, general, inclusionary, overall

cosmic (also cosmical), extensive, far, far-reaching, grand, large, sweeping, vast, wide, wide-ranging

blanket, indiscriminate, unrestricted
Near Antonyms of compendious

circumscribed, limited, narrow, restricted, specialized

exact, precise

individual, singular, specific

incomplete, patchy, sketchy
2 marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
  • a compendious summary of the referendum before the voters
Synonyms of compendious

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

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

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened

meaty, substantial

meaningful, significant

well-turned
Near Antonyms of compendious

redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

enlarged, expanded, supplemented

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated
Antonyms of compendious

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

Synonym Discussion of compendious

concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious mean very brief in statement or expression. concise suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative.
    • a concise description
terse implies pointed conciseness.
    • a terse reply
succinct implies the greatest possible compression.
    • a succinct letter of resignation
laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude, indifferent, or mysterious.
    • an aloof and laconic stranger
summary suggests the statement of main points with no elaboration or explanation.
    • a summary listing of the year's main events
pithy adds to succinct or terse the implication of richness of meaning or substance.
    • a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners
compendious applies to what is at once full in scope and brief and concise in treatment.
    • a compendious dictionary

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