Synonyms of terseness

terseness

noun

as in concision

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

the terseness of my replies simply meant that I was too busy to talk at that time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concision
• conciseness
• shortness
• compactness
• crispness
• brevity
• succinctness
• bluntness
• pithiness
• sententiousness
• abruptness
• briefness
• brusqueness
• curtness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• verbosity
• prolixity
• wordiness
• diffuseness
• long-windedness
• redundancy
• repetitiousness
• repetitiveness
• tautology
• periphrasis
• pleonasm

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• verbosity
• prolixity
• wordiness
• diffuseness
• long-windedness
• redundancy
• repetitiousness
• repetitiveness
• tautology
• periphrasis
• pleonasm

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