laconic — OAT

laconic

adjective

1 his laconic comment:

brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical, elliptical, crisp, pithy, to the point, incisive, short and sweet, compendious;

abrupt, blunt, curt, clipped, monosyllabic, brusque, pointed, gruff, sharp, tart;

epigrammatic, aphoristic, gnomic.

▷antonyms verbose, long-winded.

2 their laconic press officer:

taciturn, of few words, uncommunicative, reticent, quiet, untalkative, reserved, silent, speechless, tight-lipped, unforthcoming, brusque.

▷antonyms loquacious.