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succinctness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of succinctness

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

Caesar's observation, "I came, I saw, I conquered," is famous for its succinctness

Synonyms of succinctness

brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, sententiousness, terseness

Words Related to succinctness

abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness

Near Antonyms of succinctness

periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology

Antonyms of succinctness

diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness

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