compendious
adjective
com·pen·di·ous kəm-ˈpen-dē-əs 
: marked by brief expression of a comprehensive matter : concise and comprehensive
a compendious summary
also : comprehensive
her compendious knowledge of the subject
compendiously adverb
compendiousness noun
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Compendious comes from Latin compendium, meaning "saving," "shortcut," and, in its most literal sense, "that which is weighed together." Compendium has its source in the Latin verb compendere, meaning "to weigh together."
Synonyms
- all-embracing
- all-in [chiefly British]
- all-inclusive
- broad-gauge
- broad-gauged
- complete
- comprehensive
- cover-all
- cyclopedic
- embracive
- encyclopedic
- exhaustive
- full
- global
- in-depth
- inclusive
- omnibus
- panoramic
- thorough
- universal
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Example Sentences
her compendious knowledge of the monarch butterfly a compendious summary of the referendum before the voters
Recent Examples on the Web Although employment has begun to recover, the need to create jobs has prompted several Indian states to suspend many of the country’s compendious labour regulations. 
The Economist, 27 June 2020 Another documents the founding in 1974 — by Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel, Sahli Cavallaro, Pamela Olin and Julia Stanley — of a compendious and still-growing register of lesbian culture called the Herstory Archives. Julianne Mcshane, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019 Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 16 Oct. 2017 Each event centered on performances of a supreme, compendious Bach masterpiece. James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2017
The Economist, 27 June 2020 Another documents the founding in 1974 — by Joan Nestle, Deborah Edel, Sahli Cavallaro, Pamela Olin and Julia Stanley — of a compendious and still-growing register of lesbian culture called the Herstory Archives. Julianne Mcshane, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019 Nonetheless, astronomers and astrophysicists came together to write a single compendious paper about the event. Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 16 Oct. 2017 Each event centered on performances of a supreme, compendious Bach masterpiece. James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
compendiousness
noun
as in laconism
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- laconism
- succinctness
- tautness
- crispness
- brusqueness
- pithiness
- terseness
- reducing
- decreasing
- abruptness
- curtness
- diminishing
- shortening
- tininess
- compression
- smallness
- contraction
- minuteness
- abbreviation
- shrinking
- abridgment
- lessening
- curtailment
- shortness
- littleness
- abridgement
- condensation
- conciseness
- brevity
- briefness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- extension
- lengthiness
- extending
- extensiveness
- growth
- stretching
- expansion
- prolongation
- elongation
- verboseness
- prolonging
- elongating
- protraction
- diffuseness
- spread
- talkiness
- talkativeness
- greatness
- prolixity
- garrulousness
- volubility
- bulkiness
- bigness
- largeness
- wordiness
- heftiness
- long-windedness