Compendious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct.
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  • adj. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
  • adj. briefly describing a body of knowledge
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing the substance or general principles of a subject in a narrow compass; short; abridged; concise: as, a compendious system of chemistry; a compendious grammar.
  • Narrow; limited.
  • Short; direct; not circuitous.
  • Synonyms Succinct, Summary, etc. See concise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. briefly giving the gist of something
    • Equivalent
    concise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    condensed    summary    short    concise    comprehensive    abridged    succinct    brief    summarized    concis   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tell-all    supernaturall    two-character    all-compelling    hornfish    succinct    unrhymed    riflelike    easy-to-understand    thrid   
     
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