'Compendious' definitions:
Definition of 'compendious'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Compendious'
From: GCIDE
- Compendious \Com*pen"di*ous\, a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. [1913 Webster]
- More compendious and expeditious ways. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. --Sir T. Elyot.
- Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compendious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- across-the-board,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-inclusive,
- aposiopestic,
- blanket,
- brief,
- brusque,
- clipped,
- close,
- compact,
- complete,
- comprehensive,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- curtal,
- curtate,
- cut,
- decurtate,
- docked,
- elliptic,
- encyclopedic,
- epigrammatic,
- global,
- gnomic,
- instantaneous,
- laconic,
- little,
- low,
- omnibus,
- over-all,
- panoramic,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- Spartan,
- succinct,
- summary,
- sweeping,
- synopsized,
- synoptic,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- total,
- transient,
- truncated,
- universal,
- whole,
- without exception,
- without omission