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laconic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of laconic

1 marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning

the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point

Synonyms of laconic

aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail

Words Related to laconic

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

abbreviated, abridged, condensed, curtailed, shortened

meaty, substantial

meaningful, significant

Near Antonyms of laconic

pleonastic, redundant, repetitious, tautological, tautologous

enlarged, expanded, supplemented

embellished, embroidered, exaggerated, inflated

Antonyms of laconic

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

2 tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)

laconic by nature, he sat back and enjoyed hearing stories from the more loquacious dinner guests

Synonyms of laconic

closemouthed, dumb, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative

Words Related to laconic

aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, reserved, restrained

sedate, self-contained, sober, staid

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish

Near Antonyms of laconic

free-spoken, outspoken, vocal

gossipy, talebearing

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

extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable

Antonyms of laconic

blabby, chatty, communicative, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, motormouthed, mouthy, talkative, talky, unreserved

Synonym Discussion of laconic

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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