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Synonyms for condensed

  • adjective

Most common

brief concentrated compressed concise summary compact dense terse

All synonyms

Adjective

concentrated, thick, compressed, short, concise, brief, dense, summary, compact, terse, close, compendious, pithy, thick-set, laconic, curt

Antonyms

expanded, extended, enlarged

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.

Choose the right word

Condensed, Con- or Caedo?

con-, with, together, and caedo, cut) is trimmed down, and that which is condensed (L.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • brief It was a long letter, but in brief, he said, "No."
  • concentrated He concentrated his energies on helping his friend.
  • compressed He says he has a compressed sensation in the chest.
  • concise Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.
  • summary I'm not expecting details; just a summary is fine.
  • compact Male gorillas are compact and powerful creatures.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
condensedfalling
briefsteady
concentratedfalling
compressedfalling
concisesteady
summaryfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
curt1
5 letters
close1, short1, thick1, brief1, dense1, terse1, pithy2
7 letters
summary3, compact2, concise2, laconic3
10 letters
compressed2
11 letters
compendious
12 letters
concentrated4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pithy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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