Synonyms for pithy
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Concise and meaningful.
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A pithy utterance gives the gist of a matter effectively, whether in rude or elegant style.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- concise Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.
- succinct The epitaph engraved on the headstone was a meaningful, succinct poem.
- terse He was always terse on the telephone.
- laconic "The game's afoot" is Holmes's laconic call to action.
By length
- 4 letters
- curt1
- 5 letters
- short1, brief1, crisp1, terse1
- 7 letters
- pointed2, summary3, compact2, concise2, laconic3
- 8 letters
- pregnant2, succinct2, pithlike
- 9 letters
- condensed2
- 10 letters
- expressive3
- 11 letters
- compendious, sententious
- 12 letters
- epigrammatic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pointed2 = 2 syllables).