Synonyms of telegraphic

telegraphic

adjective

ˌte-lə-ˈgra-fik 

as in concise

marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning

when dealing with her staff, she communicated mostly in telegraphic sentences and meaningful looks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concise
• brief
• summary
• succinct
• terse
• epigrammatic
• pithy
• elliptic
• aphoristic
• curt
• laconic
• sententious
• short
• monosyllabic
• blunt
• compendious
• compact
• crisp
• elliptical
• condensed
• capsule
• abrupt
• shortened
• apothegmatic
• abbreviated
• brusque
• thumbnail
• meaningful
• abridged
• curtailed
• brusk
• substantial
• snippy
• snippety
• meaty
• significant
• well-turned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• circuitous
• wordy
• prolix
• diffuse
• rambling
• redundant
• verbose
• repetitious
• windy
• tautological
• enlarged
• circumlocutory
• long-winded
• exaggerated
• pleonastic
• supplemented
• expanded
• inflated
• tautologous
• embroidered
• embellished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of telegraphic

Readouts are highly telegraphic, and directly illuminated at night with soft, white light. —Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023

Courting: Early telegraphic line networks were built, embedded into the ocean floor, and insulated with the plant-based, and revolutionary use of, gutta-percha. —Riza Cruz, ELLE, 27 May 2022

His style was telegraphic, concise and direct, founded in journalism. —Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022

Back in 2019, Schjeldahl produced a staggering essay about his terminal cancer — its sentences taut and telegraphic — for the New Yorker. —Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2022