Synonyms of telegraphic

telegraphic

adjective

ˌte-lə-ˈgra-fik 

as in concise

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

when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concise
• brief
• summary
• succinct
• terse
• epigrammatic
• pithy
• aphoristic
• curt
• laconic
• sententious
• short
• monosyllabic
• blunt
• compendious
• compact
• elliptical
• crisp
• condensed
• capsule
• abrupt
• apothegmatic
• shortened
• brusque
• abbreviated
• thumbnail
• meaningful
• abridged
• curtailed
• substantial
• snippy
• snippety
• meaty
• well-turned
• significant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• circuitous
• wordy
• prolix
• diffuse
• rambling
• redundant
• verbose
• repetitious
• windy
• tautological
• enlarged
• circumlocutory
• long-winded
• exaggerated
• pleonastic
• supplemented
• expanded
• inflated
• tautologous
• embroidered
• embellished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of telegraphic

While Morse played up people’s interest in telegraphic chess, the game itself didn’t obviously begin with promotional intent. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025

Hearst and other publishers, like Joseph Pulitzer, saw circulation spikes from their vivid, lurid, and constant coverage, facilitated by new technologies that brought battlefield color to readers at telegraphic speed. — Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Chan perused some 170 telegraphic code books, finally coming across a section about signals used by the US Army Signal Corps that were similar to the pages found in the antique silk dress. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024

As a grad student, Blackburn began trying her hand at this telegraphic style of storytelling. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024