| boiled down(expression, adjective, lower, short, quick) |
| in a nutshell(expression, adjective, idiom, lower, short) |
| breviloquent(adjective, close, lower, rude, short) |
| abbreviate(adjective, short, precise, shortened, short-lived) |
| abbreviated(adjective, close, lower, short, abridged) |
| abridged(adjective, close, short, compact, brief) |
| abrupt(adjective, rude, short, blunt, brisk) |
| brief(adjective, close, lower, rude, short) |
| brusque(adjective, rude, short, blunt, brief) |
| compact(adjective, close, short, brief, abrupt) |
| compendious(adjective, close, rude, short, blunt) |
| compressed(adjective, short, compact, blunt, brief) |
| concise(adjective, close, point, rude, short) |
| condensed(adjective, close, short, compact, brief) |
| crisp(adjective, short, blunt, brief, abrupt) |
| curt(adjective, close, rude, short, blunt) |
| curtailed(adjective, lower, short, precise, shortened) |
| curtate(adjective, lower, short, precise, reduced) |
| cut to bone(expression, idiom, lower, short, reduced) |
| cut to the bone(expression, adjective, idiom, short, precise) |