What is another word for terse?
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɜːs], [ tˈɜːs], [ t_ˈɜː_s]
Related words: terse language, terse definitions, terse words, verbose and terse, concise, verbose and terse meaning
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Similar words for terse:
- concise (adjective)
- sententious (adjective)
- short (adjective)
- simple (adjective)
- succinct (adjective)
- bluff (adjective)
- brief (adjective)
- brusque (adjective)
- compact (adjective)
- crisp (adjective)
- curt (adjective)
- incisive (adjective)
- pithy (adjective)
- summary (adjective)
Synonyms for Terse:
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adj.
• concise • sententious • short- Curtate ,
- Unsustained ,
- carefully edited ,
- cut to bone ,
- decurtate ,
- not protracted ,
- under-sized ,
- shortest ,
- unprolonged .
- artless ,
- austere ,
- bald ,
- bare ,
- candid ,
- chaste ,
- childlike ,
- clear ,
- crystalline ,
- direct ,
- elementary ,
- innocent ,
- plain ,
- pure ,
- refined ,
- simple ,
- spare ,
- unadulterated ,
- uncomplicated ,
- unsophisticated .
- Plain-spoken ,
- heartiest ,
- more bearish ,
- more blustering ,
- more breviloquent ,
- more plain spoken ,
- more plain-spoken ,
- most bearish ,
- most blustering ,
- most breviloquent ,
- most plain spoken ,
- most plain-spoken ,
- nononsense ,
- out spoken ,
- out-spoken ,
- plain spoken ,
- short spoken ,
- shortspoken ,
- un ceremonious ,
- un-ceremonious .
Other synonyms:
- elliptical .
- silent .
- economical .
- quiet .
Other relevant words:
- Apophthegmatic ,
- Close-tongued ,
- Curtailed ,
- Distilled ,
- Epigrammatical ,
- Laconical ,
- Marrowy ,
- Punchy ,
- Unlabored ,
- abbreviated ,
- abridged ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acidulous ,
- acrimonious ,
- aphoristic ,
- aposiopestic ,
- apothegmatic ,
- attic ,
- axiomatic ,
- bearish ,
- big ,
- bluff ,
- brash ,
- breviloquent ,
- brusk ,
- callous ,
- capsule ,
- caustic ,
- churlish ,
- classic ,
- classical ,
- clear-cut ,
- close ,
- closemouthed ,
- cogent ,
- common ,
- compendiary ,
- compendious ,
- compendium ,
- compressed ,
- concentrated ,
- condensed ,
- contracted ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- crisp ,
- crispy ,
- crunchy ,
- crusty ,
- cryptic ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- cut ,
- cut to the bone ,
- disagreeable ,
- discourteous ,
- distant ,
- docked ,
- dumb ,
- easy ,
- elegant ,
- elliptic ,
- epigrammatic ,
- epitome ,
- exact ,
- finished ,
- fleeting ,
- forceful ,
- formulaic ,
- frizzly ,
- frizzy ,
- frosty ,
- gnomic ,
- graceful ,
- gracile ,
- grouchy ,
- gruff ,
- harsh ,
- hasty ,
- ill-mannered ,
- impolite ,
- in a nutshell ,
- indisposed to talk ,
- irascible ,
- irritable ,
- kinky ,
- laconic ,
- lean ,
- limpid ,
- little ,
- lucid ,
- monosyllabic ,
- mum ,
- mute ,
- nappy ,
- natural ,
- neat ,
- nipping ,
- nippy ,
- offhand ,
- overbearing ,
- peevish ,
- pellucid ,
- peremptory ,
- perfunctory ,
- perspicuous ,
- petulant ,
- piquant ,
- pithy ,
- platitudinous ,
- pointed ,
- polished ,
- precise ,
- pregnant ,
- prevalent ,
- proverbial ,
- pruned ,
- pungent ,
- quaint ,
- quick ,
- reserved ,
- restrained ,
- reticent ,
- round ,
- rude ,
- sententious ,
- sharp ,
- short-tempered ,
- short-winded ,
- shortened ,
- shrewish ,
- snappish ,
- snappy ,
- snug ,
- spartan ,
- speechless ,
- straightforward ,
- style ,
- summary ,
- surly ,
- synopsized ,
- tart ,
- tasteful ,
- taut ,
- telegraphic ,
- testy ,
- the point ,
- thumbnail ,
- tight ,
- tight-lipped ,
- tongue-tied ,
- touchy ,
- trenchant ,
- trim ,
- truncated ,
- unaffected ,
- unceremonious ,
- uncivil ,
- ungracious ,
- unmannerly ,
- untalkative ,
- waspish ,
- witty ,
- wordless ,
- words .
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How to use "Terse" in context?
Terseness is often praised as a virtue. In fact, there is a whole subset of English called "terseness scholar" devoted to espousing the virtues of terseness. What does this imply about the way we perceive terseness? Is it special and unique? Or is there something else going on here?
Terseness is often seen as special and different from other forms of communication. It is often thought of as more direct, and easier to understand than other forms. However, there is more to terseness than meets the eye.
Paraphrases for Terse:
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Adjective
streamlined, summary, summarized.
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Adjective
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Adjective
succinct.
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Adjective
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