concision

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CONCISION

the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning <the essay is a marvel of concision and clarity>

Synonyms brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, sententiousness, terseness

Related Words abruptness, bluntness, brusqueness, curtness, shortness

Near Antonyms periphrasis, pleonasm, redundancy, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, tautology

Antonyms diffuseness, long-windedness, prolixity, verbosity, wordiness

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