All terse synonyms
terse
T t adj terse
- brusque — blunt or curt in manner or speech
- curt — If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.
- compact — Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- laconic — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- curtate — shortened
- concise — Something that is concise says everything that is necessary without using any unnecessary words.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
adjective terse
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- clipped — Clipped means neatly cut.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
- abrupt — An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant.
- marrowy — Full of marrow; pithy.
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.