What is another word for laconic?
258 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lakˈɒnɪk], [ lakˈɒnɪk], [ l_a_k_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- crisp,
- laconic.
• bluff (adjective)
- more blustering,
- out-spoken,
- out spoken,
- more bearish,
- most bearish,
- most breviloquent,
- more plain-spoken,
- Plain-spoken,
- gruff,
- short spoken,
- shortspoken,
- most plain-spoken,
- more plain spoken,
- plain spoken,
- un-ceremonious,
- un ceremonious,
- nononsense,
- more breviloquent,
- most blustering,
- heartiest,
- most plain spoken.
• brief (adjective)
- short sweet,
- more compendiary,
- most compendiary,
- to point,
- limited,
- boiled down.
• compact (adjective)
- in nutshell,
- make long story short,
- epigrammatic.
• compendious (adjective)
- synoptic.
• concise (adjective)
- study at concise,
- uncommunicative,
- sententious,
- taciturn.
• curt (adjective)
- un-civil,
- un civil,
- un gracious,
- un-gracious,
- peremptory,
- snappish.
• economical (adjective)
- spartan.
• incisive (adjective)
- more drilling,
- clearcut,
- mordant,
- most drilling,
- scathing.
• incommunicable (adjective)
- in communicable,
- in-communicable.
• incommunicative (adjective)
- in communicative,
- in-communicative.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- clear cut,
- pithy,
- incisive,
- breviloquent,
- the point,
- silent,
- bluff,
- make a long story short,
- not talkativ,
- compact,
- concise,
- to the point,
- Marrowy,
- compendious,
- curt,
- short-and-sweet,
- no nonsense,
- in a nutshell,
- bearish,
- compendiary,
- gnomic,
- down to brass tacks,
- summary,
- terse,
- disciplined,
- succinct,
- brief.
• pithy (adjective)
- more short and sweet,
- most short-and-sweet,
- down brass tacks,
- more honed,
- most honed,
- most short and sweet,
- more short-and-sweet.
• sententious (adjective)
- more moralistic,
- most moralistic,
- moralistic.
• short (adjective)
- Curtate,
- unprolonged,
- cut to bone,
- cut to the bone,
- decurtate,
- shortest,
- Unsustained,
- under-sized,
- not protracted.
• silent (adjective)
- Inconversable,
- Silentious,
- unheard,
- clammed up,
- struck dumb,
- closed up,
- unspeaking,
- Husher,
- buttoned up,
- Nonvocal,
- not talkative,
- hushed,
- iced,
- dummied up.
• spartan (adjective)
- un-daunted,
- un daunted,
- more disciplined,
- most disciplined.
• succinct (adjective)
- in few words.
• summary (adjective)
- more run-through,
- most run-through,
- re-hashed,
- most compacted,
- runthrough,
- more run through,
- re capped,
- more runthrough,
- most rehashed,
- recapped,
- most recapped,
- most run through,
- re-capped,
- more rehashed,
- more compacted,
- most runthrough,
- re hashed,
- more recapped.
• taciturn (adjective)
- anti-social,
- unexpressive,
- unforthcoming,
- dried up,
- dried-up.
• terse (adjective)
- ex-act,
- most gnomic,
- taut,
- ex act,
- more gnomic,
- most clipped,
- more clipped.
• tightlipped (adjective)
- tight lipped.
• uncommunicable (adjective)
- un communicable,
- un-communicable.
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n.
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- economical,
- quiet.
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- words,
- style,
- big,
- lean.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- property.
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Other synonyms:
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- brevity.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- docked,
- close,
- blunt,
- clam,
- tightlipped,
- pregnant,
- apothegmatic,
- indisposed to talk,
- clipped,
- short and sweet,
- frugal,
- frizzy,
- elliptical,
- emotionless,
- fleeting,
- compendium,
- cogent,
- intense,
- elliptic,
- compressed,
- mute,
- unceremonious,
- cold,
- reticent,
- direct,
- pruned,
- wry,
- dumb,
- tongue-tied,
- short,
- mum,
- contracted,
- abridged,
- telegraphic,
- brusque,
- crusty,
- capsule,
- abbreviated,
- pointed,
- alert,
- abrupt,
- witty,
- Distilled,
- snappy,
- incommunicative,
- cut,
- brusk,
- perfunctory,
- Apophthegmatic,
- quaint,
- quick,
- harsh,
- sharp,
- Curtailed,
- closemouthed,
- Epigrammatical,
- condensed,
- aphoristic,
- curly,
- ironic,
- untalkative,
- crunchy,
- tight-lipped,
- piquant,
- nappy,
- thumbnail,
- frosty,
- Close-tongued,
- neat,
- kinky,
- wordless,
- crispy,
- nippy,
- trenchant,
- sarcastic,
- Punchy,
- exact,
- frigid,
- aposiopestic,
- synopsized,
- reserved,
- pungent,
- deprecating,
- snug,
- frizzly,
- uncommunicable,
- nipping,
- speechless,
- intelligent,
- Incommunicable,
- monosyllabic,
- little,
- proverbial,
- tight,
- shortened,
- truncated,
- concentrated,
- rude,
- distant.
How to use «Laconic» in context?
When it comes to describing people, the term «laconic» is often thrown about. In reality, though, there’s more to the term than meets the eye. Laconic describes someone who is understated and who doesn’t chat habitually. It’s not a bad thing, necessarily. People who are laconic tend to be successful because they keep their emotions in check.
When it comes to writing, being laconic can be a great asset. When you’re conveying your ideas in a concise way, your audience will be able to understand you better. You’ll also save time while writing.
Homophones for Laconic:
- leishmaniosis, lissomeness, leaching, lousiness, loginess, legging, like kings, likeness, lessening, leguminous, lashings, lacewing, lysenko, lake seneca, Logomachy, leishmaniasis, leguminious, logginess, laughing, lychnis, luging, lysimachus, loquaciousness, lozenge, lacing, lysogenize, lichenes, licencee, lake nyasa, Luckiness, logomach, lysogenic, laxness, losings, lacking, lignosae, licking, liking, logging, leguminosae, lusciousness, lagging, lessing, likening, licensee, laughing jackass, laziness, lashing, lawlessness, locking, Leakiness, lysimachia, ligneous, leucogenes, licence, Lake Onega, laughing gas, loosening, looking, lushness, loganiaceae, looseness, license, loch ness.
WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 7 votes
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laconicadjective
Synonyms:
terse, pithy, conciseAntonyms:
loquacious, verbose, bombastic, long-winded -
laconicadjective
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
Synonyms:
concise, terse, pithyAntonyms:
bombastic, loquacious, verbose, long-winded
English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes
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laconic
Anything short or brief is of relatively small extent. That which is concise (Latin con-, with, together, and cædo, cut) is trimmed down, and that which is condensed (Latin con-, with, together, and densus, thick) is, as it were, pressed together, so as to include as much as possible within a small space. That which is compendious (Latin com-, together, and pendo, weigh) gathers the substance of a matter into a few words, weighty and effective. The succinct (Latin succinctus, from sub-, under, and cingo, gird; girded from below) has an alert effectiveness as if girded for action. The summary is compacted to the utmost, often to the point of abruptness; as, we speak of a summary statement or a summary dismissal. That which is terse (Latin tersus, from tergo, rub off) has an elegant and finished completeness within the smallest possible compass, as if rubbed or polished down to the utmost. A sententious style is one abounding in sentences that are singly striking or memorable, apart from the context; the word may be used invidiously of that which is pretentiously oracular. A pithy utterance gives the gist of a matter effectively, whether in rude or elegant style.
Synonyms:
brief, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, neat, pithy, sententious, short, succinct, terseAntonyms:
diffuse, lengthy, long, prolix, tedious, verbose, wordy
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes
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crisp, curt, laconic, terseadjective
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
«a crisp retort»; «a response so curt as to be almost rude»; «the laconic reply; `yes'»; «short and terse and easy to understand»
Synonyms:
nipping, short(p), sharp, brusk, kinky, snappy, crisp, terse, curt, frizzly, frizzy, brusque, crispy, nippy, frosty, nappyAntonyms:
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- brusque
- pithy
- terse
- breviloquent
- brief
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- sententious
- short and sweet
- succinct
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How to use laconic in a sentence
Ramsey was laconic in response to inquiries upon this subject.
RAMSEY MILHOLLANDBOOTH TARKINGTON
When I heard this laconic declaration of love, I began to laugh immoderately, tore myself from her grasp, and rushed away.
SOLOMON MAIMON: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.SOLOMON MAIMON
Yet I had spoken with quite an unwonted degree of warmth, when contrasted with my ordinary laconic way of expressing myself.
A FRONTIER MYSTERYBERTRAM MITFORD
More than once she had left him with a laconic «Bye-bye,» and he had spent a miserable evening before an unsympathetic fire.
THE WHITE SHIELDMYRTLE REED
«Otherwise I should have preferred starving to coming here,» answered the laconic neophyte.
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
More laconic, and yet expressive of a more deadly blight, was the letter from a girl of fifteen in another State.
THE AMERICAN COUNTRY GIRLMARTHA FOOTE CROW
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO LACONIC
- barefaced
- bearish
- blunt
- blustering
- breviloquent
- brief
- brusque
- candid
- crusty
- curt
- direct
- downright
- forthright
- frank
- gruff
- hearty
- honest
- laconic
- no-nonsense
- open
- outspoken
- plain-spoken
- rough
- rude
- short
- short-spoken
- sincere
- snippety
- snippy
- straightforward
- tactless
- tart
- terse
- unceremonious
- abrupt
- bluff
- blunt
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- hasty
- laconic
- limited
- little
- pithy
- sharp
- short and sweet
- skimpy
- small
- snippy
- succinct
- surly
- terse
- to the point
- boiled down
- compendious
- concise
- epigrammatic
- in a nutshell
- laconic
- make a long story short
- marrowy
- meaty
- pithy
- pointed
- short and sweet
- succinct
- terse
- to the point
- abbreviated
- breviloquent
- brief
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- comprehensive
- concise
- condensed
- contracted
- curt
- inclusive
- laconic
- short
- short and sweet
- succinct
- summarized
- summary
- synoptic
- abridged
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brief
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- compressed
- condensed
- curt
- epigrammatic
- in a nutshell
- laconic
- lean
- marrowy
- meaty
- pithy
- short and sweet
- succinct
- summary
- synoptic
- terse
- blunt
- breviloquent
- brief
- brusque
- churlish
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
- crusty
- gruff
- imperious
- laconic
- offhand
- peremptory
- pithy
- sharp
- short
- short and sweet
- snappish
- snippety
- snippy
- succinct
- summary
- tart
- terse
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- ungracious
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1 definition
| laconic (Adjective) — | Brief and to the point; effectively cut short 1 example |
| 1. ex. «the laconic reply; ‘yes'» |
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abbreviated, abrupt, blunt, brief, compact, en.synonym.one, concise, condensed, curt, didactic, little, obvious, off-hand, peremptory, pithy, pointed, quick, sententious, short, succinct, summary, terse, crisp.
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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : luh—kon-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ləˈkɒn ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for laconic
Other synonyms for the word laconic
- curt
- sententious
- short and sweet
- succinct
Définition of laconic
Origin :
- «concise, abrupt,» 1580s, probably via Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon «person from Lakonia,» the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famously proud of their brevity of speech. When Philip of Macedon threatened them with, «If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground,» the Spartans’ reply was, «If.» An earlier form was laconical (1570s). Related: Laconically.
- adj short, to the point
Example sentences :
- «Yes, racin’s hell now,» commented Dixon with laconic directness.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- With which laconic remark Newman turned round and hobbled away.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- «The doctor says there’s no need,» she said, in her laconic way.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- «Charge them» was his laconic command; and it was repeated with emphasis.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- «I ‘ll stay,» said I, imitating his own laconic way; and no more was said.
- Extract from : « A Day’s Ride » by Charles James Lever
- English is the most concise and laconic of the great languages.
- Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
- It came in a box of a hundred, with the laconic note, «One for each.»
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 » by Various
- Exasperated at this message, the marquis sent them this laconic epistle.
- Extract from : « Fox’s Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- This laconic comment in no way expressed the joy in her heart.
- Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
- «I reckon I can stop that,» was the miner’s laconic comment.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
Antonyms for laconic
- long-winded
- verbose
- wordy
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