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| Main Entry: |
short and sweet
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to the point |
| Synonyms: | brief, compact, concise, condensed, in a nutshell, succinct, summary |
| Main Entry: | blocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stocky |
| Synonyms: | blockish, boxlike, boxy, chunky, compact, heavyset, solid, squat, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset |
| Main Entry: | brass-tacks |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
| Synonyms: | basic, compact, marrowy, practical, to the point, useful |
| Main Entry: | epigrammatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
| Synonyms: | aphoristic, compact, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, piquant, pointed, succinct, terse, to the point, witty |
| Main Entry: | hard-bitten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard |
| Synonyms: | adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hard as nails, hard-handed, hardened, hardy, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron, packed, rigid, rocky, rugged, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong |
| Main Entry: | heavyset |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stocky |
| Synonyms: | blocky, chunky, compact, corpulent, dumpy, fat, plump, solid, squat, stodgy, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thick, thickset |
| Main Entry: | incompressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firm |
| Synonyms: | close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy*, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough*, unyielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marrowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pithy |
| Synonyms: | aphoristic, cogent, compact, concise, crisp, curt, down to brass tacks, effective, epigrammatic, epigrammatical, expressive, honed, laconic, meaningful, meaty, pointed, short, short-and-sweet, significant, succinct, terse, to the point, trenchant |
| Main Entry: | neck and neck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close |
| Synonyms: | circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, nip and tuck, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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