Definition for Pithy:

• Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent.

Synonyms for Pithy:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • pithy.
  •brief (adjective)
  • most compendiary,
  • more compendiary,
  • more breviloquent,
  • limited,
  • most breviloquent,
  • to point,
  • short sweet,
  • boiled down.
  •brief, to the point (adjective)
  • meaningful,
  • Honed,
  • short-and-sweet,
  • significant,
  • expressive,
  • effective.
  •caustic (adjective)
  • scathing,
  • satiric,
  • more satiric,
  • salty.
  •compact (adjective)
  • make long story short,
  • in nutshell.
  •concise (adjective)
  • synoptic,
  • lean.
  •crisp (adjective)
  • more piquing,
  • clearcut,
  • most piquing.
  •curt (adjective)
  • un-ceremonious,
  • un civil,
  • un ceremonious,
  • peremptory,
  • un gracious,
  • un-gracious,
  • un-civil,
  • snappish.
  •forceful (adjective)
  • forcible,
  • more steamroller,
  • take-over,
  • most takecharge,
  • more take-over,
  • most constraining,
  • most take charge,
  • more take charge,
  • more take over,
  • most take-charge,
  • most take over,
  • most powerhouse,
  • coming strong,
  • more takecharge,
  • most bullish,
  • mightiest,
  • more takeover,
  • more constraining,
  • ball fire,
  • most takeover,
  • puissant,
  • more take-charge,
  • more powerhouse,
  • take-charge,
  • punchest,
  • most take-over,
  • takecharge,
  • elemental,
  • most steamroller,
  • more bullish.
  •hard-hitting (adjective)
  • hard hitting,
  • hardhitting,
  • most puissa,
  • puissa,
  • more puissa.
  •sententious (adjective)
  • more moralistic,
  • moralistic,
  • most moralistic.
  •short (adjective)
  • cut to the bone,
  • not protracted,
  • decurtate,
  • shortest,
  • unprolonged,
  • Curtate,
  • cut to bone,
  • Unsustained,
  • under-sized.
  •soft (adjective)
  • cushiony,
  • bendable,
  • softer,
  • doughier,
  • pulpy,
  • fleecy,
  • gelatinous,
  • velvety,
  • doughy,
  • Pappy,
  • cottony.
  •succinct (adjective)
  • study at concise,
  • pungent,
  • in few words.
  •summary (adjective)
  • runthrough,
  • most run through,
  • more runthrough,
  • most rehashed,
  • most runthrough,
  • re capped,
  • most run-through,
  • re-capped,
  • re hashed,
  • more recapped,
  • more compacted,
  • most recapped.
  •terse (adjective)
  • more clipped,
  • most clipped,
  • most gnomic,
  • more gnomic,
  • ex-act,
  • ex act.
  •witty (adjective)
  • scintillating,
  • witty,
  • clever,
  • subtle,
  • intelligent,
  • crafty,
  • urbane,
  • resourceful,
  • shrewd,
  • wily,
  • sly,
  • cunning,
  • smart,
  • facetious,
  • waggish,
  • sparkling,
  • inventive,
  • deft,
  • tricky,
  • sharp,
  • quick,
  • astute,
  • quick-witted,
  • droll,
  • ingenious,
  • scurrilous,
  • comical,
  • foxy,
  • dry,
  • adroit,
  • artful,
  • funny,
  • brilliant,
  • jocular,
  • sarcastic,
  • joking,
  • sophisticated,
  • canny.

• n.

  •
  • ringing,
  • official,
  • truthful,
  • arguable.
  •
  • style,
  • meaning,
  • down to brass tacks.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unequivocal,
  • declared,
  • bald,
  • avowed,
  • Marrowy,
  • Epigrammatical,
  • unscripted,
  • undiluted,
  • unbalanced,
  • understated,
  • disputed,
  • brass-tacks,
  • aphoristic,
  • woody.

Paraphrases for Pithy:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    concise.

Antonyms for Pithy:

• superl.

  • Other antonyms:
    tedious, long.

• adj.

  • brief, to the point
    long-winded, weak, wordy, verbose, lengthy, impotent.

Pithy Sentence Examples:

• Towards the end of his life I enjoyed his friendship, and can never forget his kindly welcome, his pithy conversation, the happy humour with which he expressed the conclusions of his long experience of men, birds and beasts, and the goodness which shone from his face.

• Another branch of opinion recommends for bedtime reading short stories, volumes of pithy anecdote, swift and sparkling stuff that may keep one awake for a space, yet will advantage all the sweeter slumber in the end.