He has a pithy remark for every occasion.
Source: tatoeba (566357)
Pithy
//ˈpɪθi//
Synonyms for "pithy" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- съдържателен adj (concise and meaningful)
Czech
4 entries- jadrný adj (concise and meaningful)
- pregnantní adj (concise and meaningful)
- trefný adj (concise and meaningful)
- výstižný adj (concise and meaningful)
Dutch
4 entries- beknopt adj (concise and meaningful)
- bondig adj (concise and meaningful)
- kernachtig adj (concise and meaningful)
- mergachtig adj (of, like, or abounding in pith)
Finnish
1 entries- ytimekäs adj (concise and meaningful)
French
4 entries- bref adj (concise and meaningful)
- concis adj (concise and meaningful)
- laconique adj (concise and meaningful)
- moelleux adj (of, like, or abounding in pith)
German
4 entries- kernig adj (concise and meaningful)
- knackig adj (concise and meaningful)
- markig adj (concise and meaningful)
- prägnant adj (concise and meaningful)
Hungarian
1 entries- velős adj (concise and meaningful)
Macedonian
1 entries- содр́жаен adj (concise and meaningful)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- وجیز adj (concise and meaningful)
Polish
1 entries- zwięzły adj (concise and meaningful)
Portuguese
4 entries- conciso adj (concise and meaningful)
- incisivo adj (concise and meaningful)
- lacónico adj (concise and meaningful)
- sentencioso adj (concise and meaningful)
Romanian
3 entries- concis adj (concise and meaningful)
- laconic adj (concise and meaningful)
- succint adj (concise and meaningful)
Russian
2 entries- сжатый adj (concise and meaningful)
- ёмкий adj (concise and meaningful)
Spanish
4 entries- conciso adj (concise and meaningful)
- incisivo adj (concise and meaningful)
- lacónico adj (concise and meaningful)
- lapidario adj (concise and meaningful)
Swedish
2 entries- kärnfull adj (concise and meaningful)
- kärnfull adj (of, like, or abounding in pith)
Turkish
1 entries- veciz adj (concise and meaningful)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He couldn't come up with a pithy barb on the spot.
Source: tatoeba (11036089)
I miss Tom's pithy observations.
Source: tatoeba (11171739)
The report is short and pithy.
Source: tatoeba (12274694)
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