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laconic
Synonyms and Antonyms of laconic
- The sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point.
brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, terse, thumbnail
- Laconic by nature, he found the monastery's vow of silence was very much to his liking.
long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy
extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable
Synonym Discussion of laconic
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- a concise description
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- a terse reply
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- a succinct letter of resignation
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- an aloof and laconic stranger
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- a summary listing of the year's main events
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- a comedy sharpened by pithy one-liners
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- a compendious dictionary
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