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conciseness

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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

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

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 Dickinson's 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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