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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, portable |
| Synonyms: | abridged, canned, capsule, compact, concise, condensed, diminutive, epitomized, itsy-bitsy, little, midget, miniature, minute, peewee, pint-sized, potted, tiny, wee |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
| 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: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, short |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, clear-cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a nutshell, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, to the point, trenchant |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concentrated, dense |
| Synonyms: | caked, clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, compact, compressed, concrete, condensed, congealed, consolidated, crowded, curdled, deep, firm, fixed, gelatinous, gloppy, gooey, gummous, gummy, gunky, heavy, impenetrable, impervious, jelled, jellied, opaque, ossified, ropy, set, sloppy, solid, solidified, stiff, syrupy, thickened, turbid, viscid, viscous, vitrified |
| Antonyms: | diluted, loose, thin, watery |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crowded, packed |
| Synonyms: | abundant, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-full, close, compact, compressed, concentrated, condensed, considerable, covered, crammed, crawling with, dense, frequent, full, great, heaped, impenetrable, impervious, inspissated, like sardines, localized, multitudinous, numerous, populated, populous, profuse, rank, replete, several, solid, swarming, teeming, tight |
| Antonyms: | thin, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | short and sweet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | to the point |
| Synonyms: | brief, compact, concise, condensed, in a nutshell, succinct, summary |
| Main Entry: | reduced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made smaller |
| Synonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, compressed, concentrated, condensed, contracted, cut down, decreased, diminished, downsized, economized, lessened, miniaturized, scaled down, shortened, shrunk, subtracted |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, increased, spread, stretched |
| Main Entry: | simplistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple |
| Synonyms: | childish, condensed, overly simplified, oversimplified |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
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