Synonyms for succinct
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
You should give clear, succinct information to the clients.
- adj. 2
Compressed into a small area; compact.
Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first.
Related words
- Word family
- succinctly succinctness succinctorium succinctory
Example sentences
- concise Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.
- terse He was always terse on the telephone.
- pithy He couldn't come up with a pithy barb on the spot.
- laconic "The game's afoot" is Holmes's laconic call to action.
By length
- 5 letters
- close1, short1, tight1, brief1, crisp1, terse1, pithy2
- 7 letters
- summary3, compact2, concise2, laconic3, girdled
- 11 letters
- compendious, sententious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pithy2 = 2 syllables).