{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY December 22, 2018: compendious

WORD OF THE DAY December 22, 2018

compendious    adjective | kum-PEN-dee-us     Definition   : marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter : concise and comprehensive   Scroll down for more about compendious      TRENDING NOW: nebulous synergy slumgullion endgame SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   'Cherpumple': 3 Words Packed Into 1       The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/21/18     Just What Does That 'Ae' Say?       A Song for Any Occasion         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Naughty or Nice Quiz   He's making a quiz, and checking it twice...     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Compendious is applied to things that are brief in statement or expression, but oftentimes the brevity is chock-full of meaning. Its synonyms run the gamut, giving us concise, terse, succinct, pithy, laconic, and summary. Concise simply suggests the removal of all that is superfluous or elaborative ("a concise description"). Terse implies pointed conciseness ("a terse reply"). Succinctimplies the greatest possible compression ("a succinct letter of resignation"). Pithy adds the implication of richness of meaning or substance ("pithy one-liners"). Laconic implies brevity to the point of seeming rude or indifferent ("a laconic stranger"). Summary suggests the stating of main points with no elaboration ("a summary listing of the year's main events").     Examples of COMPENDIOUS   Noah Webster's style of defining for the first American dictionary was compendious.   "For the past few years his writing has been an elegant and compendiousongoing exploration of Britain's social history through its council estates." — Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian, 19 Apr. 2018   Name That Antonym   Fill in the blanks to complete an antonym of compendious: p _ _ li _.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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