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boiled down
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, compressed |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bluff, blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compendiary, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, hasty, laconic, limited, little, pithy, sharp, short and sweet, skimpy, small, snippy, succinct, surly, terse, to the point |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long |
| Main Entry: | concentrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condensed, reduced |
| Synonyms: | boiled down, complete, crashed, entire, evaporated, fixed, full-bodied, lusty, potent, rich, robust, straight, strong, stuffed, telescoped, thick, thickened, total, unadulterated, undiffused, undiluted, undivided, unmingled, unmixed, whole |
| Antonyms: | diffuse, loose, thin |
| Main Entry: | concise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | short, to the point |
| Synonyms: | abridged, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compendiary, compendious, compressed, condensed, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, lean, marrowy, meaty, pithy, short and sweet, succinct, summary, synoptic, terse |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
| Antonyms: | expansive, lengthy, long, long-winded, redundant, repetitive, wordy |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | penetrating, biting |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acid, acute, barbed, boiled down, calling a spade a spade, cutting, in a nutshell, incisive, insinuating, keen, laid on the line, legit, meaty, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, pregnant, right to it, right-on, sarcastic, sharp, short-and-sweet, tart, telling, trenchant |
| Antonyms: | calming, mild, nice, soothing |
| Main Entry: | refined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cleaned of impurities |
| Synonyms: | aerated, boiled down, clarified, clean, cleansed, distilled, drained, expurgated, filtered, processed, pure, purified, rarefied, strained, washed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirtied, polluted |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abbreviated, aphoristic, bare, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, curtailed, curtate, cut short, cut to the bone, decreased, decurtate, diminished, epigrammatic, fleeting, in a nutshell, laconic, lessened, little, momentary, not protracted, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, short-lived, short-term, shortened, succinct, summarized, summary, terse, undersized, unprolonged, unsustained |
| Antonyms: | large, lengthy, long, unabridged |
| Main Entry: | succinct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, to the point |
| Synonyms: | blunt, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, curt, cut to the bone, in a nutshell, in few words, laconic, pithy, short, summary, terse |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, wordy |
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concise, to the point |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compact, compacted, compendiary, compendious, condensed, cursory, curt, hasty, in a nutshell, laconic, perfunctory, pithy*, recapped, rehashed, run-down, run-through, short, short and sweet, succinct, terse |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long, long-winded, unabridged, wordy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | bland, bloodless, boiled down, boring, conventional, diluted, feeble, flat*, halfhearted, humdrum*, insipid, lifeless, limp, mild, monotonous, prosaic, routine, spiritless, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, vapid, weak, wearisome, white-bread, without punch |
| Antonyms: | bright, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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