Meanings
comparative more concise · superlative most concise
- obsoletePhysically short or truncated.
This, however, must refer solely to the length; unfortunately they were far too broad in proportion (the fault I have always observed in them). This directly gives a slightly hoofish look, as in the concise Chinese feet.
1856, Lady Emmeline Charlotte E. Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, page 56
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectiveexpressing much in few words
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Origin
- Latinconcīsus“cut short”
- Englishconcise
From Latin concīsus (“cut short”), from concīdere (“cut to pieces”), from caedēre (“to cut, to strike down”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beknopt
- beknoptbrief and precise
Arabic وَجِيز, مُوجَز
- وَجِيز (wajīz)brief and precise
- مُوجَز (mūjaz)brief and precise
Bulgarian кра́тък, сте́гнат
- кра́тък (krátăk)brief and precise
- сте́гнат (stégnat)brief and precise
Catalan concís
- concísbrief and precise
Chinese Mandarin 簡明 /简明
- 簡明 /简明 (jiǎnmíng)brief and precise
Czech stručný
- stručnýbrief and precise
Danish koncis, kortfattet
- koncisbrief and precise
- kortfattetbrief and precise
Dutch beknopt, bondig
- beknoptbrief and precise
- bondigbrief and precise
Esperanto konciza
- koncizabrief and precise
Finnish ytimekäs, lyhytsanainen
- ytimekäsbrief and precise
- lyhytsanainenbrief and precise
French concis
- concisbrief and precise
German kurz, prägnant
- kurzbrief and precise
- prägnantbrief and precise
- knappbrief and precise
- konzisbrief and precise
- bündigbrief and precise
- gedrängtbrief and precise
Greek σύντομος, περιεκτικός
- σύντομος (sýntomos)brief and precise
- περιεκτικός (periektikós)brief and precise
- συνοπτικός (synoptikós)brief and precise
- λακωνικός (lakonikós)brief and precise
Hebrew תַּמְצִיתִי
- תַּמְצִיתִי (tamtsití)brief and precise
Hindi संक्षिप्त
- संक्षिप्त (saṅkṣipt)brief and precise
Hungarian tömör, velős
- tömörbrief and precise
- velősbrief and precise
Irish achomair
- achomairbrief and precise
Italian conciso
- concisobrief and precise
Japanese 簡潔な, 手短な
- 簡潔な (kanketsu na)brief and precise
- 手短な (temijika na)brief and precise
Latin succīnctus, astrictus
- succīnctusbrief and precise
- astrictusbrief and precise
Norwegian konsis
- konsisbrief and precise
Persian مختصر
- مختصر (moxtasar)brief and precise
Polish zwięzły, lakoniczny
- zwięzłybrief and precise
- lakonicznybrief and precise
Portuguese conciso, sucinto
- concisobrief and precise
- sucintobrief and precise
Russian кра́ткий, лакони́чный
- кра́ткий (krátkij)brief and precise
- лакони́чный (lakoníčnyj)brief and precise
- сжа́тый (sžátyj)brief and precise
Scottish Gaelic pongail
- pongailbrief and precise
Spanish conciso, breve
- concisobrief and precise
- brevebrief and precise
- sucintobrief and precise
- escuetobrief and precise
Swedish koncis, kortfattad
- koncisbrief and precise
- kortfattadbrief and precise
Thai กระชับ, สั้นได้ใจความ
- กระชับ (grà-cháp)brief and precise
- สั้นได้ใจความbrief and precise
Turkish mucez, özlü
- mucezbrief and precise
- özlübrief and precise
Ukrainian коро́ткий, сти́слий
- коро́ткий (korótkyj)brief and precise
- сти́слий (stýslyj)brief and precise
- лаконі́чний (lakoníčnyj)brief and precise
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with concise
Cite this entry
concise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concise
“concise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concise.
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