succinct
/sək'siɳkt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Expressing much in few words; concise and clear: Characterized by brevity and clarity, conveying the essential meaning without unnecessary details.
- Compressed into a small area or scope: Presented in a tightly packed, efficient form.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- Her report was succinct, covering all key points in just two pages.
- Please keep your answers succinct and to the point.
- The professor's succinct explanation made the complex theory easy to understand.
Advanced Usage
- "to be succinct": to express oneself in a concise manner.
- In business emails, it is important to be succinct.
- "succinct with": sparing or economical in the use of something, often words.
- He was succinct with his praise, offering only a brief "well done."
Variants and Related Words
- Succinctly (adverb): In a concise manner.
- She explained the process succinctly.
- Succinctness (noun): The quality of being concise.
- The succinctness of his writing is admirable.
Synonyms
- Concise: Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words.
- Terse: Sparing in the use of words; abrupt.
- Pithy: (Of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.
- Laconic: (Of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
Antonyms
- Verbose: Using or expressed in more words than are needed.
- Prolix: (Of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
- Wordy: Using or expressed in too many words.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "In a nutshell": (Idiom) Summed up in a few words; concisely. This idiom conveys a similar idea of extreme brevity as "succinct."
- To put it in a nutshell, the project was a success.
Adjective
- briefly giving the gist of something
- a short and compendious book
- a compact style is brief and pithy
- succinct comparisons
- a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject