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conciseness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of conciseness

1 the condition of being short

  • we were disappointed by the unexpected conciseness of the presentation, since we wanted more details
Synonyms of conciseness

brevity, briefness, shortness
Words Related to conciseness

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 conciseness

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 conciseness

lengthiness

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

  • many have admired the restrained conciseness of Emily Dickinsonʼs poetry
Synonyms of conciseness

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

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

periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology
Antonyms of conciseness

diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness

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