Synonyms for In a nutshell:

• adj.

  •compact (adjective)
  • laconic,
  • compendious,
  • boiled down,
  • meaty,
  • Marrowy,
  • pithy.
  •concise (adjective)
  • compressed,
  • abridged,
  • synoptic,
  • compendiary,
  • condensed,
  • lean,
  • curt,
  • brief,
  • breviloquent.
  •pointed (adjective)
  • barbed,
  • acute,
  • pertinent,
  • on the nose,
  • incisive,
  • legit,
  • Insinuating,
  • pregnant,
  • telling,
  • tart,
  • trenchant,
  • acid,
  • sharp,
  • sarcastic,
  • accurate,
  • cutting,
  • keen.
  •short (adjective)
  • diminished,
  • shortest,
  • short,
  • abbreviate,
  • decurtate,
  • Unsustained,
  • under-sized,
  • Curtate,
  • aphoristic,
  • cut to the bone,
  • not protracted,
  • shortened,
  • cut to bone,
  • precise,
  • cut short,
  • abbreviated,
  • little,
  • unprolonged,
  • decreased,
  • sententious,
  • undersized,
  • short-lived,
  • momentary,
  • short-term,
  • summarized,
  • lessened,
  • fleeting,
  • bare,
  • Curtailed.
  •short and sweet (adjective)
  • short sweet.
  •succinct (adjective)
  • brusque,
  • blunt,
  • in few words.
  •summary (adjective)
  • cursory,
  • run-down,
  • rehashed,
  • run-through,
  • arbitrary,
  • perfunctory,
  • Compacted,
  • hasty.
  •terse (adjective)
  • clipped,
  • close,
  • clear-cut,
  • exact,
  • snappy,
  • cryptic,
  • elliptical,
  • crisp,
  • abrupt,
  • neat.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • in a nutshell.
  •briefly (adverb)
  • shortly,
  • in brief,
  • summarily.

• adv

  •concisely (adverb)
  • briefly.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • epigrammatic,
  • taut,
  • recapped,
  • compact,
  • concise,
  • gnomic,
  • on the button,
  • pointed,
  • short and sweet,
  • succinct,
  • summary,
  • terse,
  • to the point,
  • calling a spade a spade,
  • calling spade a spade,
  • clear cut,
  • laid on the line,
  • make a long story short,
  • right to it,
  • right-on,
  • short-and-sweet,
  • the point.
  •adv
  • in short,
  • succinctly,
  • to sum things up.
  •n.
  • Compendiously.

Antonyms for In a nutshell:

• adj.

  • compact
    large, uncondensed, unabridged, loose, big, long, slack, lengthy.
  • concise
    redundant, expansive, repetitive, wordy, long-winded.
  • pointed
    dull, blunt, nice, stupid, gentle, mild, kind, calming, soothing.
  • short
    courteous, enough, tall, thick, lasting, long-lived, polite, adequate, enduring, sufficient, high.
  • terse
    prolix, verbose.

• adv.

  • briefly
    long-windedly, permanently, verbosely, at length.