Laconic

What do we mean by laconic?

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise. adjective

Pertaining to Laconia or its inhabitants; Lacedæmonian or Spartan.

Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the ancient Laconians; sententious; pithy; short; brief: as, a laconic phrase.

Characteristic of the Laconians; inexorable; stern; severe.

Synonyms Condensed, Succinct, etc. See concise.

Conciseness of language; laconicism. noun

A concise, pithy expression; something expressed in a concise, pithy manner; a laconism: chiefly used in the plural: as, to talk in laconics. noun

In ancient prosody, an anapestic tetrameter catalectic with a spondee instead of the penultimate anapest . So called as a variety of the tetrameter used in the Laconian or Spartan embateria. noun

Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. adjective

Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. adjective

Laconism. noun

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. adjective

Brief and to the point; effectively cut short adjective

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

Words that are spelled similarly to laconic:
laconic, laconia, taconic, lactonic, laconi, lacnic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word laconic:
drawl, terse, wit, concise, humour, ironic, sparta, spartan, humor, reply, prose, phrase, manner, commentary, comments, style, references, vocal, sharp, tone, sense, poems, hero, message, statement, bond, speak, dry, describes, historian, saying, text, words, roles, voice, makes, why, too.

Words that rhyme with laconic:
sardonic, ironic, chronic, mnemonic, tonic, platonic, catatonic, histrionic, ionic, sonic, electronic, panasonic, hegemonic, chthonic, tronic, tectonic, isotonic, hedonic, teutonic, synchronic, harmonic, demonic, conic, plutonic, diatonic, philharmonic, embryonic, polyphonic, ultrasonic, supersonic, masonic, pneumonic, hypertonic, symphonic, phonic, neoplatonic, hydroponic, hypersonic, bubonic, pharaonic, clonic, yonic, canonic, monophonic, avionic, telephonic, miltonic, chronique, napoleonic, ganglionic, allophonic, leptonic, planktonic, gnomonic, propionic, ovonic, isoelectronic, nucleonic, gin and tonic, microelectronic, first harmonic, hyaluronic, connick, stronach, medtronic, blahnik, audiotronic, diasonic, ebonic, environic, fibronic, flextronic, hanak, john hick, kronick, lasersonic, lexiphonic, personic, photronic, plantronic, respironic, saw nick, telectronic, tranzonic, vanik, varitronic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective laconic:
reply, style, answer, note, comment, manner, statement, way, message, brevity, remark, words, speech, entry, response, man, letter, report, account, voice, answers, phrase, epistle, fashion, order, language, description, sentence, form, entries, nature, telegram, expression, announcement, replies, tone, remarks, sentences, observation, terms, statements, phrases, wit, inscription, dialogue, comments, reference, notes, prose, rejoinder, character, despatch, humour, text, dispatch, orders, record, understatement, summary, quality, advice, explanation, conversation, question, diary, drawl, smile, messages, reports, eloquence, title, humor, expressions, notice, word, letters, indifference, utterances, responses, irony, attitude, mode, communication, greeting, utterance, decree, narrative, descriptions, simplicity, emphasis, notation, references, address, communique.

Consonant match to laconic:
leuconic.

Words that sound like laconic:
laconic, leukemic, taconic, lacuna, glyconic, laconia, lock pick, laconically, lacunae, lucania, lukasik, laconical, lock-on, lock on, iconic, lagana, logomach, lacunas, lock ins, locksmith, lactic, lockin, locken, likening, lock-in, lock and key, leacock, lacan, lock in, lugano, lochan, lakai, look on, laycock, like mike, jacana, lochen, lokken, lazcano, low kick, logania, luckenbach, bochenek, laconte, lacunar, lucchini, long neck, longneck, mechanic, hygienic, aniconic, mechanik, the chronic, liana, laguna, leanna, loch ness, lianna, luckiness, lacina, log on, lacock, leucoma, linac, leukoma, la casa, lecocq, lagna, locknut, lake county, lake duck, leakiness, lichens, loggins, lukens, likens, lacaze, likins, lykins, lukins, lykens, lacken, chicana, lachen, alchemic, clonic, clock tick, ilocano, lacasse, lacava, hakama, blacksnake, lacayo, lachine, black snake, allophonic, chicken egg, clock on, joaquina, lacanian.