I find words with concise definitions to be the easiest to remember.
Source: tatoeba (2015)
Concise
/kənˈsaɪs/
Synonyms for "concise" (234 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (47)
Noun(9 words)
abbreviatingacademic concisenessbrief explanationbrief history textbookbrief promptbriskenbrusquestcondensingcourse summary
Adjective(17 words)
abbreviatoryacademic terminologyaphoristicbarestbriefbrief digressionbrief excerptbrief overviewbrief physics guidebrief reportbriefestcleanliestcogent reasoningcompactcompact proseconsonant precisioncrisp
Strong matches (70)
Adjective(24 words)
Verb(3 words)
Noun(15 words)
editorial concisenesselidingflashcardhigh concentration descriptorlearning notesminimalistmonosyllablemost unembellishednews briefnorlutinone page testone-linerpenuchleplain-language writingpolicy brief style
Determiner(1 words)
one line
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (117)
Adjective(48 words)
punchy phrasingquick appraisalquick quizquick samplequick summaryshort compositionshort dittyshort excerptshort explanationshort missiveshort movesshort physics guideshort storyshort story genreshort summaryshort thrustshort-form articleshortestshortishsingle page
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snippierspecial meetingstaccatostumpysuccinctsuccinct wordingsuccinctersuccinctestsufficientsummarizablesummary reviewsynopticaltautertautesttelegraphicterseterse proseterse wordingtersertersestthinner explanationtwo word directivetwo word guidelinetwo-option itemunclutteredunembellishedunembellished reportunpretentious
Noun(27 words)
purpose oriented stylerecapitulatingrefreshingromanian compactsentence combiningshort fictionshort formshort form notationshort pieceshort reportshort-formshort-form titleshort-form videoshorthandsimple sentenceskimmingsnapstaccatosstudy summarysummarizing
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summary measuresummary statisticsummary statistic methodsummative tasktelegraphingthe less the betterthe shorter the better
quietreservedsententiousshortshort and sweetshortenedsilentsnugsparing of wordsspartanspeechlesssuccinctsummarysynopsizedsynoptictaciturntersetighttight lippedtight-lipped
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to the pointtongue tiedtongue-tiedtransienttrenchanttruncatedunloquaciousuntalkativeword-boundwordless
Adjective(6 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesdescriptive termquality
More specific
5 entriesbrief notebrief paragraphcompact sentenceshort paragraphshort report
Collocations
6 entriesconcise answerconcise definitionconcise noteconcise paragraphconcise summaryconcise writing
Inflections
2 entriesmore concisemost concise
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I need a concise explanation.
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What the critic says is always concise and to the point.
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The author's mode of expression is very concise.
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.