Synonyms for brevity
ˈbrɛv ɪ tibrevi·ty

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1. brevity

   Synonyms:
   compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

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1. brevity

   Synonyms:
   shortness, closeness, conciseness, succinctness, terseness, compendiousness, pointedness, abbreviation, abridgment

   Antonyms:
   length, protraction, elongation, extension, prolixity, diffusiveness, tediousness

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1. brevitynoun

   the use of brief expressions

   Synonyms:
   briefness, transience

2. brevity, briefness, transiencenoun

   the attribute of being brief or fleeting

   Synonyms:
   transitoriness, briefness, transiency, transience

Matched Categories

1. • Duration
   • Terseness

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1. brevitynoun

   Synonyms:
   briefness, shortness

2. brevitynoun

   Synonyms:
   conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "brevity":

   conciseness, shortness

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1. Dorothy Parker:

   Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

2. Hosea Ballou:

   Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

3. Aristotle:

   Paraphrased for brevity: Those who think a HERILE government is the same as a regal government or that of a large family or of a city are mistaken.

4. Arthur Schopenhauer:

   How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Brevity is the soul of wit.