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briefness
the temporal property of being very short
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
transience
collapse
an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
related words >
adaptability
,
adjustability
,
alterability
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
changeability
,
changeableness
,
changefulness
,
compactness
,
compendiousness
,
conciseness
,
curtness
,
death rate
,
death toll
,
flexibility
,
fluidity
,
impermanence
,
instantaneousness
,
littleness
,
lowness
,
malleability
,
mobility
,
modifiability
,
mortality
,
mortalness
,
movability
,
mutability
,
nonuniformity
,
permutability
,
plasticity
,
resilience
,
rubberiness
,
short time
,
shortness
,
succinctness
,
summariness
,
suppleness
,
transitoriness
muteness
collapse
a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising"
related words >
anaudia
,
aphasia
,
aphonia
,
aphrasia
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
brusqueness
,
conciseness
,
curtness
,
deaf-muteness
,
dumbness
,
economy of words
,
inarticulateness
,
jargon aphasia
,
laconicalness
,
laconism
,
loss of speech
,
motor aphasia
,
mutism
,
obmutescence
,
paranomia
,
paraphasia
,
pauciloquy
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
shortness
,
silence
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
taciturnity
,
terseness
,
tonguelessness
,
unloquaciousness
,
untalkativeness
,
voicelessness
,
wordlessness
brevity
collapse
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
the use of brief expressions
related words >
brachylogy
,
briefness
,
brusqueness
,
compactness
,
compendiousness
,
conciseness
,
concision
,
crispness
,
curtness
,
dumbness
,
economy
,
economy of words
,
instantaneousness
,
laconicalness
,
laconicism
,
laconism
,
littleness
,
lowness
,
muteness
,
obmutescence
,
pauciloquy
,
pithiness
,
pointedness
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
reserve
,
sententiousness
,
short time
,
shortness
,
silence
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
succinctness
,
summariness
,
swiftness
,
taciturnity
,
terseness
,
transience
,
unloquaciousness
,
untalkativeness
,
wordlessness
curtness
collapse
related words >
abruptness
,
aggressiveness
,
bearishness
,
beastliness
,
bluntness
,
boorishness
,
brachylogy
,
brashness
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
brusqueness
,
brusquerie
,
churlishness
,
compactness
,
compendiousness
,
conciseness
,
concision
,
crispness
,
crustiness
,
dumbness
,
economy of words
,
gruffness
,
harshness
,
instantaneousness
,
laconicalness
,
laconism
,
littleness
,
lowness
,
muteness
,
nastiness
,
obmutescence
,
pauciloquy
,
pithiness
,
pointedness
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
reserve
,
roughness
,
sententiousness
,
severity
,
sharpness
,
short time
,
shortness
,
silence
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
succinctness
,
summariness
,
surliness
,
taciturnity
,
terseness
,
transience
,
truculence
,
unloquaciousness
,
untalkativeness
,
wordlessness
swiftness
collapse
related words >
abruptness
,
agility
,
air speed
,
alacrity
,
bat
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
briskness
,
celerity
,
decisiveness
,
dispatch
,
expedition
,
expeditiousness
,
fastness
,
feverishness
,
flight
,
flit
,
flurry
,
furiousness
,
gait
,
ground speed
,
haste
,
hastiness
,
hurriedness
,
hurry
,
hustle
,
immediacy
,
immediateness
,
impetuosity
,
impetuousness
,
impulsiveness
,
instantaneousness
,
knots
,
lightning speed
,
miles per hour
,
nimbleness
,
pace
,
precipitance
,
precipitancy
,
precipitation
,
precipitousness
,
promptitude
,
promptness
,
punctuality
,
punctualness
,
quickness
,
rapidity
,
rashness
,
readiness
,
round pace
,
rpm
,
rush
,
rustle
,
sharpness
,
shortness
,
smartness
,
snappiness
,
speed
,
speediness
,
spryness
,
suddenness
,
summariness
,
swift rate
,
velocity
dumbness
collapse
related words >
anaudia
,
aphasia
,
aphonia
,
asininity
,
blockishness
,
boobishness
,
boorishness
,
bovinity
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
brusqueness
,
cloddishness
,
conciseness
,
crassness
,
crudeness
,
curtness
,
deaf-muteness
,
denseness
,
density
,
dim-wittedness
,
dimness
,
doltishness
,
dull-wittedness
,
dullardism
,
dullness
,
duncery
,
economy of words
,
grossness
,
hebetude
,
inarticulateness
,
laconicalness
,
laconism
,
lethargy
,
loutishness
,
lumpishness
,
muteness
,
mutism
,
ninnyism
,
oafdom
,
oafishness
,
obmutescence
,
obtuseness
,
opacity
,
pauciloquy
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
shortness
,
silence
,
simpletonianism
,
slowness
,
sluggishness
,
sottishness
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
stolidity
,
stupidity
,
taciturnity
,
terseness
,
thick-headedness
,
thick-wittedness
,
tonguelessness
,
unloquaciousness
,
untalkativeness
,
unteachability
,
voicelessness
,
wordlessness
,
wrongheadedness
,
yokelism
economy
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an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy"
the efficient use of resources; "economy of effort"
the system of production and distribution and consumption
related words >
GNP
,
barter economy
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
budget
,
capitalistic economy
,
carefulness
,
cheap
,
cheeseparing
,
collectivized economy
,
compactness
,
conciseness
,
concision
,
conservation
,
conservatism
,
consumer economy
,
control
,
curtness
,
discretion
,
diversified economy
,
easy
,
economic
,
economic system
,
economy of assumption
,
economy of means
,
elegance
,
farm economy
,
forehandedness
,
free-enterprise economy
,
frugal
,
frugality
,
gross national product
,
handicraft economy
,
hot economy
,
husbandry
,
industrial economy
,
inexpensive
,
laissez-faire
,
law of parsimony
,
local economy
,
low
,
low-priced
,
manageable
,
meanness
,
mercantile economy
,
miserliness
,
moderate
,
modest
,
national economy
,
niggardliness
,
nominal
,
overheated economy
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
paucity
,
pinching
,
planned economy
,
private-enterprise economy
,
providence
,
prudence
,
reasonable
,
restraint
,
rural economy
,
saving
,
scrimping
,
sensible
,
shabby
,
shoddy
,
skimping
,
socialistic economy
,
sound economy
,
stinginess
,
stinting
,
succinctness
,
terseness
,
thrift
,
thriftiness
,
token
,
town economy
,
unexpensive
,
urban economy
,
village economy
,
war economy
,
within means
,
world economy
,
worth the money
lowness
collapse
a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"
the condition of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling"
related words >
Schmerz
,
Slough of Despond
,
abjectness
,
abominableness
,
atrociousness
,
baseness
,
bassness
,
beggarliness
,
blank despondency
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
commonness
,
commonplaceness
,
compactness
,
compendiousness
,
conciseness
,
contemptibility
,
contemptibleness
,
crumminess
,
curtness
,
death wish
,
debasement
,
decrescendo
,
deepness
,
degradation
,
dejectedness
,
dejection
,
depravity
,
depression
,
despair
,
despicableness
,
despondency
,
despondentness
,
dimness
,
discouragement
,
disheartenment
,
dispiritedness
,
down trip
,
downcastness
,
downer
,
downheartedness
,
drooping spirits
,
enormity
,
execrableness
,
faintness
,
feebleness
,
flatness
,
foulness
,
fullness
,
fulsomeness
,
gentleness
,
grossness
,
heartlessness
,
heinousness
,
hollowness
,
homeliness
,
hopelessness
,
ignobility
,
indistinctness
,
instantaneousness
,
littleness
,
low spirits
,
lowness of spirit
,
malaise
,
meanness
,
mellowness
,
miserableness
,
monstrousness
,
nefariousness
,
obnoxiousness
,
odiousness
,
oppression
,
ordinariness
,
paltriness
,
pessimism
,
pettiness
,
plangency
,
plebeianism
,
pokiness
,
poorness
,
rankness
,
resonance
,
richness
,
scabbiness
,
scrubbiness
,
scruffiness
,
scumminess
,
scurviness
,
self-destructive urge
,
shabbiness
,
shoddiness
,
short time
,
shortness
,
sinking heart
,
smallness
,
softness
,
sonority
,
sonorousness
,
spiritlessness
,
squalor
,
subaudibility
,
subduedness
,
succinctness
,
suicidal despair
,
summariness
,
taedium vitae
,
transience
,
unclearness
,
vibrancy
,
vileness
,
weakness
,
weariness of life
,
wretchedness
quietude
collapse
related words >
Buddha-like composure
,
Oriental calm
,
arrangement
,
array
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
awful silence
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
brusqueness
,
calm disposition
,
calm of mind
,
calmness
,
composure
,
conciseness
,
concord
,
contemplation
,
cool
,
coolheadedness
,
coolness
,
countenance
,
curtness
,
dead
,
dead of night
,
deathlike silence
,
deployment
,
disposal
,
disposition
,
dumbness
,
easy mind
,
economy of words
,
formation
,
golden silence
,
harmony
,
hush
,
hush of night
,
icy calm
,
imperturbability
,
imperturbation
,
inaudibility
,
indisturbance
,
laconicalness
,
laconism
,
law and order
,
layout
,
lineup
,
lucid stillness
,
lull
,
marmoreal repose
,
marshaling
,
mental composure
,
mum
,
muteness
,
nirvana
,
noiselessness
,
obmutescence
,
order
,
orderliness
,
organization
,
pauciloquy
,
peace
,
peace and quiet
,
peace of mind
,
peacefulness
,
philosophic composure
,
philosophicalness
,
philosophy
,
placidity
,
placidness
,
proportion
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet
,
quiet life
,
quiet mind
,
quietism
,
quietness
,
regularity
,
repose
,
rest
,
restfulness
,
routine
,
sangfroid
,
satori
,
serenity
,
setup
,
shortness
,
silence
,
silentness
,
silken repose
,
sleep
,
slumber
,
solemn silence
,
soothingness
,
soundlessness
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
still
,
stillness
,
structure
,
symmetry
,
system
,
tacitness
,
taciturnity
,
terseness
,
tomblike silence
,
tranquillity
,
uniformity
,
unloquaciousness
,
unruffledness
,
untalkativeness
,
whisht
,
wise passiveness
,
wordlessness
littleness
collapse
related words >
abjectness
,
abominableness
,
atrociousness
,
authoritarianism
,
baseness
,
beggarliness
,
bigotry
,
blind side
,
blind spot
,
blinders
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
closed mind
,
compactness
,
compendiousness
,
conciseness
,
contemptibility
,
contemptibleness
,
cramped ideas
,
crumminess
,
curtness
,
daintiness
,
debasement
,
deficiency
,
degradation
,
delicacy
,
depravity
,
despicableness
,
diminutiveness
,
enormity
,
execrableness
,
exiguity
,
exiguousness
,
failure
,
fanaticism
,
fewness
,
foulness
,
fulsomeness
,
grossness
,
heinousness
,
hideboundness
,
illiberality
,
immateriality
,
imperfection
,
inadequacy
,
incompetence
,
inconsequence
,
inconsequentiality
,
inconsiderableness
,
indifference
,
ineffectuality
,
inferiority
,
insignificance
,
instantaneousness
,
insufficiency
,
insularism
,
insularity
,
irrelevance
,
little-mindedness
,
low priority
,
lowness
,
maladroitness
,
marginality
,
meagerness
,
mean mind
,
meanness
,
mediocrity
,
minginess
,
minuteness
,
miserableness
,
moderateness
,
monstrousness
,
narrow sympathies
,
narrow views
,
narrow-mindedness
,
narrowness
,
nearsightedness
,
nefariousness
,
negligibility
,
niggardliness
,
obnoxiousness
,
odiousness
,
odium theologicum
,
paltriness
,
parochialism
,
pettiness
,
petty mind
,
picayune
,
picayunishness
,
pokiness
,
poorness
,
provincialism
,
puniness
,
purblindness
,
rankness
,
scabbiness
,
scantiness
,
scrubbiness
,
scruffiness
,
scumminess
,
scurviness
,
secondariness
,
shabbiness
,
shoddiness
,
short time
,
shortness
,
shortsightedness
,
shut mind
,
slightness
,
smallness
,
squalor
,
stinginess
,
straitlacedness
,
stuffiness
,
subnormality
,
succinctness
,
summariness
,
tininess
,
transience
,
triviality
,
uncatholicity
,
ungenerousness
,
unimportance
,
unimpressiveness
,
unmagnanimousness
,
unnoteworthiness
,
unskillfulness
,
vileness
,
vulgarity
,
wretchedness
silence
collapse
the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"
keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
related words >
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
asphyxiate
,
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
blow to pieces
,
blow up
,
blunt
,
bottle up
,
brain
,
brevity
,
briefness
,
bring down
,
brusqueness
,
burn to death
,
calm
,
calmness
,
censor
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
composure
,
conciseness
,
confound
,
confute
,
contemplation
,
contradict
,
controvert
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crush
,
curtains
,
curtness
,
cut down
,
cut to pieces
,
damp
,
damp down
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
deal a deathblow
,
decease
,
deck
,
defeat
,
deflate
,
demise
,
demolish
,
deny
,
disarm
,
disintegrate
,
dismiss
,
dispose of
,
dissolution
,
drop
,
drown
,
dumb
,
dumbfound
,
dumbness
,
economy of words
,
emasculate
,
enchain
,
extinguish
,
fell
,
finish
,
floor
,
frag
,
gag
,
give the quietus
,
gun down
,
hamstring
,
handcuff
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
hold down
,
hugger-mugger
,
hugger-muggery
,
hush
,
hush-hush
,
imperturbability
,
incinerate
,
inhibit
,
jugulate
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
knock out
,
laconicalness
,
laconism
,
lapidate
,
lay low
,
lucid stillness
,
lull
,
manacle
,
marmoreal repose
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
muffle
,
mute
,
muteness
,
muzzle
,
nirvana
,
noiselessness
,
nonplus
,
obmutescence
,
overcome
,
overmaster
,
overmatch
,
overpower
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
pacify
,
paralyze
,
parry
,
passing
,
pauciloquy
,
peace
,
peacefulness
,
pistol
,
placidity
,
placidness
,
poleax
,
pour water on
,
propitiate
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
put out
,
put to silence
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
quietism
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
quietus
,
rebut
,
reduce to silence
,
refute
,
repose
,
repress
,
rest
,
restfulness
,
restrain
,
reticence
,
riddle
,
satori
,
secretiveness
,
secretness
,
send flying
,
serenity
,
settle
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
shoot to death
,
shortness
,
shotgun
,
shush
,
shut down on
,
shut off
,
shut up
,
silken repose
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
sleep
,
slumber
,
smash
,
smash all opposition
,
smother
,
snuff out
,
soft-pedal
,
soothe
,
soundlessness
,
sparingness of words
,
speechlessness
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stab to death
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
stifle
,
still
,
stillness
,
stone
,
stone to death
,
strangle
,
strike dead
,
strike dumb
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
subvert
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
surmount
,
taciturnity
,
temper
,
terseness
,
throttle
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
tranquillity
,
trip
,
trip up
,
truss up
,
uncommunicativeness
,
undermine
,
unloquaciousness
,
untalkativeness
,
upset
,
vaporize
,
wise passiveness
,
wordlessness
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