English Synonym Finder

conciseness

Definitions

The quality of being brief and comprehensive in expression.

The state of using few words to convey much information.

Examples

The professor praised the student for the conciseness of her research paper.

In technical writing, conciseness is often valued more highly than flowery prose.

Synonyms

brevity succinctness pithiness terseness compactness economy of language

Antonyms

verbosity wordiness prolixity loquacity long-windedness rambling