PITHY Synonyms

• expressing much in few words

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• briefly giving the gist of something

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• containing aphorisms or maxims

• terse and witty and like a maxim

• a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

• a condensed written summary or abstract

• of short duration or distance

• concise and succinct

• (of clothing) very short

• give essential information to someone

• closely and firmly united or packed together

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small and economical car

• having a short and solid form or stature

• briefly giving the gist of something

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• compress into a wad

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• tender and brittle

• pleasantly cold and invigorating

• pleasingly firm and fresh

• (of hair) in small tight curls

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make brown and crisp by heating

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• brief and to the point; effectively cut short

• terse and witty and like a maxim

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• suitable for cutting or piercing

• having a point

• direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• apt to speak irritably

• smart and fashionable

• pleasantly cold and invigorating

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• quick and energetic

• abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

• concise and full of meaning