single-word
Just one term
Single-word describes something consisting of exactly one word, as opposed to a phrase or compound: a single-word answer, single-word search terms.
The hyphen is standard when it precedes a noun—without it, the phrase would parse as "a single word answer" rather than "a single-word answer."
Fixed period or word
- lexemeFundamental dictionary unit
- unitIndividual part or measure
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
vocabulary · entry · headword · lemma · monosyllabic · utterance · expression · phrase
Briefly and clearly stated
- succinctExpressed with minimal words
- terseBrief to bluntness
- pithyConcise and forceful
- curtAbruptly rude in speech
laconic · monosyllabic · clipped · abrupt · short · crisp · blunt · direct
Exclusively, nothing more
alone · exclusively · precisely · exactly · purely · nothing but · sheer · absolute
term
Fixed period or word
- lexemeFundamental dictionary unit
- unitIndividual part or measure
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
token · vocabulary · entry · headword · lemma · monosyllabic · utterance · expression · phrase · mononym
concise
Briefly and clearly stated
curt · laconic · monosyllabic · clipped · abrupt · short · crisp · blunt · direct · economical
only
Exclusively, nothing more
solely · alone · exclusively · precisely · exactly · purely · nothing but · sheer · absolute · emphatic
yes
Opposite of no
okay · sure · nope · agreed · done · never · always · whatever · absolutely · definitely
stop
Cease all motion
run · sit · stay · come · help · quiet · freeze · move · duck · jump
single-wordmulti-word
Phrase of joined terms
phrase · phrasal · compound · expression · sentence
single-wordcompound
Combined into one
compound word · composite · complex · hyphenated · polysyllabic
single, word, singly, singular, singularity, singularly, singles, singled, singling