Synonyms of terse

terse 1 of 2

adjective

ˈtərs 

as in concise

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

could tell from his terse replies to my questions that he was in no mood to talk

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

terseness

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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