succinct
Meaning of succinct
adjective
- (especially of something written or spoken) briefly and clearly expressed.
use short, succinct sentences
late Middle English (in the sense ‘encircled’): from Latin succinctus ‘tucked up’, past participle of succingere, from sub- ‘from below’ + cingere ‘gird’.
Information about succinct
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of succinct
suc-cinct
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- succinct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
succinct synonyms
Meaning compendious:
Meaning giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive:
Meaning relatively small in extent:
Meaning concise in expression; using few words:
Meaning made denser or more concise; compressed or concentrated:
Meaning (of a way of speaking) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail:
Meaning (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words:
Meaning sparing in the use of words; abrupt:
Meaning (of a written work or form) concise, condensed, or well structured:
Meaning relating to economics or the economy:
Meaning (of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive:
Meaning the nail of the thumb:
Meaning in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing:
Meaning of or forming a general summary or synopsis:
Meaning expressed in or of the nature of short, pithy maxims or aphorisms:
succinct antonyms
Meaning (especially in reference to time) of considerable or unusual length, especially so as to be tedious:
Meaning using or expressed in more words than are needed:
Translation of succinct
Words that rhyme with succinct
cinct, circumcinct, discinct, precinct, procinct, uncinct, unsuccinct, depeinct, peinct, contradistinct, counterdistinct, distinct, extinct, indistinct, inextinct, instinct, intinct, nonextinct, predistinct, semiextinct, tinct, undistinct, unextinct, untinct, devinct
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