| Terse |
| Unwordy |
| Concise |
| Succinct |
| Dryly said |
| Of few words |
| Tight-lipped |
| To the point |
| Far from wordy |
| Not saying much |
| Not windy at all |
| Sparing of words |
| Concise in speech |
| Brief and to the point |
| Like a Spartan's speech |
| Having little to declare? |
| Like a person of few words |
| Expressing much in few words. |
| Col Cain (anag) — expressed in a few words |