English Explanatory Dictionary

laconic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of speech or writing, communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
  2. Of a speaker or writer, communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
  3. Of a person, laidback; casual; not intense.
adj
  1. Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.

Pronunciation

/ləˈkɒnɪk/ /ləˈkɑnɪk/ en-us-laconic.ogg en-au-laconic.ogg

Word forms

laconic more laconic most laconic laconick

Etymology

From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.

Synonyms

terse succinct concise pithy lapidary brief taciturn untalkative quiet spartan

Antonyms

verbose prolix loquacious long-winded bombastic talkative chatty

Related words

laconical laconically laconism

Derived words

laconicism laconicly unlaconic

Translations

Arabic: وجيز Belarusian: лаканічны Bulgarian: лаконичен Catalan: lacònic Chinese Mandarin: 簡潔 /简洁 Czech: lakonický Danish: lakonisk Danish: kortfattet Dutch: laconiek Estonian: lakooniline Finnish: lakoninen Finnish: lyhytsanainen Finnish: niukkasanainen French: laconique German: lakonisch German: wortkarg Greek: λακωνικός Haitian Creole: lakonik Hebrew: לקוני Hungarian: lakonikus Hungarian: szűkszavú Hungarian: szófukar Irish: gearr-abartha Italian: laconico Japanese: 簡潔 Macedonian: ла́конски Malay: ringkas Norwegian Bokmål: lakonisk Norwegian Nynorsk: lakonisk Polish: lakoniczny Portuguese: lacónico Portuguese: lacônico Romanian: laconic Russian: лакони́чный Russian: немногосло́вный Serbo-Croatian: làkōnskī Serbo-Croatian: lakòničan Spanish: lacónico Swedish: lakonisk Thai: สั้น Thai: กระชับ Thai: รวบรัด Thai: กะทัดรัด Thai: สั้นได้ใจความ Tibetan: ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ Tibetan: ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང Tibetan: ཁ་ཉུང Turkish: veciz Ottoman Turkish: وجیز Ukrainian: лаконічний Welsh: byreiriog Welsh: laconig
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