compendious
11compendious — adjective a) containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized b) briefly describing a body of knowledge See Also: compendium, compendia …
12compendious — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, across the board, all comprehensive, all inclusive, aposiopestic, blanket, brief, brusque, clipped, close, compact, complete, comprehensive, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted,… …
13compendious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, inclusive, succinct; see comprehensive , concise , short 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen: brief, concise, laconic, lean2, short, succinct,… …
14compendious — com·pen·di·ous || kÉ™m pendɪəs adj. summarized, shortened, encompassing and summarizing many different subjects …
15compendious — adjective formal presenting the essential facts in a comprehensive but concise way. Derivatives compendiously adverb compendiousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. compendieux, from L. compendiosus advantageous, brief , from compendium profit, saving …
16compendious — a. Brief, concise, short, abridged, summary, succinct, comprehensive …
17compendious — adj concise, terse, succinct, brief, comprehensive, summary, packed, pithy, inclusive, elliptical, synoptic, compact, sententious; contracted, compressed, condensed, abridged, shortened, short …
18compendious — com·pen·di·ous …
19compendious — com•pen•di•ous [[t]kəmˈpɛn di əs[/t]] adj. containing the substance of a subject, esp. an extensive one, in a concise form; succinct • Etymology: 1350–1400; < L com•pen′di•ous•ly, adv. com•pen′di•ous•ness, n …
20compendious — /kəmˈpɛndiəs/ (say kuhm pendeeuhs) adjective containing the substance of a subject in a brief form; concise. {Latin compendiōsus abridged} –compendiously, adverb –compendiousness, noun …
