Succinct

Quick meaning: Succinct is an adjective meaning Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.

Meaning

Encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly.

More Meanings

1. Of clothes: not loose; close-fitting, tight-fitting.
2. Compressed into a small area; compact.
3. Of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt.
4. Of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of succinctly (“briefly, concisely”).

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: bundled up, cinched, engirdled, girdled

Four Knaves in garbs ſuccinct, a truſty band, / Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand; […]

Svvift to the hall they haſte; aſide they lay / Their garments, and ſuccinct, the victims [animals] ſlay.

The Tovvne is moſt beautified, by a vaſt Garden of the Kings, ſuccinct vvith a great tovvred mud-vvall, larger than the Circuit of the Citie.

Word Forms

• succincter
• succinctest

Synonyms for succinct

Depending on context, synonyms include cinched, engirdled, girdled, body-hugging, bodycon, clingsome.

Antonyms for succinct

Common opposites include baggy, relaxed, full, loose, loose-fitting, pouchy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include concise, summary, compendious, compact, conciseness, brevity.

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