succinctness
Saying more, less
Succinctness is the quality of expressing something clearly in few words—brevity without loss of meaning.
A writer praised for succinctness wastes no words: The succinctness of her prose made complex ideas accessible.
The word itself is somewhat ironic, being a mouthful compared to shorter alternatives like brevity.
Brief to bluntness
- laconicBrief in expression
- pithyConcise and forceful
- compactTightly packed together
- condensedMade more compact
abridged · synopsis · précis · epitome · compendium · digest · summary · thumbnail
Held in reserve
- leanLacking fat; incline
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- tightFirmly stretched or fitting
pruned · distilled · stripped-down · unembellished · minimalist · efficient · no-frills · pared-down
Firm and breakable
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
- plainBasic and unremarkable
explicit · unambiguous · straightforward · direct · sharp · articulate · coherent · perspicuous
terse
Brief to bluntness
condensed · abridged · synopsis · précis · epitome · compendium · digest · summary · thumbnail · outline
spare
Held in reserve
- leanLacking fat; incline
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
tight · pruned · distilled · stripped-down · unembellished · minimalist · efficient · no-frills · pared-down · austere
crisp
Firm and breakable
- preciseExactly correct, no error
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- lucidMentally sharp and comprehensible
plain · explicit · unambiguous · straightforward · direct · sharp · articulate · coherent · perspicuous · well-defined
- brevitybrevity, terse, pithy, laconic, brief
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, lucidity
- Get to the Pointcut to the chase, bottom line, in a nutshell, spit it out, long story short
- witwit, witticism, quip, cleverness, repartee
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
- sayingssayings, saying, proverb, proverbs, adage
succinctnessverbosity
Unnecessary word excess
wordiness · long-windedness · prolixity · diffuseness · redundancy
succinctnessvagueness
Absence of precision
obscurity · meandering · digression · circumlocution · indirectness