| concise(adjective, short, brief) |
| condense(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| contract(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, curtail) |
| curtail(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| cut(verb, diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| cut back(verb, expression, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| cut down(verb, expression, cut, diminish, decrease) |
| cut to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, cut, decrease) |
| decrease(verb, cut, diminish, contract, curtail) |
| diminish(verb, cut, decrease, lessen, contract) |
| edit(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| epigrammatic(adjective, short, brief) |
| in a nutshell(expression, adjective, idiom, short, brief) |
| in other words |
| laconic(adjective, short, brief) |
| lessen(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| marrowy(adjective, short, brief) |
| minimize(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| pithy(adjective, short, brief) |
| pointed(adjective, short, brief) |