PERIPHRASIS Antonyms

• the use of brief expressions

• the attribute of being brief or fleeting

• terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

• terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

• trueness of course toward a goal

• the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

• a neatly short and concise expressive style