in a nutshell

Main Entry:
compact [adj. kuhm-pakt, kom-, kom-pakt; v. kuhm-pakt; n. kom-pakt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: short, brief
Synonyms: boiled down, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, make a long story short, marrowy, meaty, pithy, pointed, short and sweet, succinct, terse, to the point
Notes: a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities
Antonyms: big, large, lengthy, long, unabridged
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: 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
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: briefly
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: concisely
Synonyms: in a nutshell, in brief, in short, shortly, succinctly, summarily, to sum things up
Antonyms: at length, long-windedly, verbosely
Main Entry: short and sweet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: to the point
Synonyms: brief, compact, concise, condensed, in a nutshell, succinct, summary
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Main Entry: short
Part of Speech: adjective, adverb
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Adjectives:
brachyskelic, brief, commatic, compact, compendious, concise, curt, curtailed of its fair proportion, dumpy, fubsy, improcerous, little, oblate, pug, runtish, scrimp, shorn, short, short by, short-waisted, spuddy, squab, squabbish, squabby, squat, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, summary, thickset, undersized
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