Synonyms for short
Another word for short is short-run, short-term or short-range. Below are 64 synonyms and 5 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: shorted, shorter, shortest, shorting.
1. adjective: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- short-run
- short-term
- short-range
- short and sweet
- brief synonyms
- short-dated
- fugitive synonyms
- shortened synonyms
- fleeting
- clipped synonyms
- abbreviated synonyms
- momentary
- truncated synonyms
- momentaneous
Antonyms
2. adjective: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
- close synonyms
- short-range
- brief synonyms
- shortened synonyms
- abbreviated synonyms
- truncated synonyms
- snub
- sawed-off synonyms
- stubby
- sawn-off synonyms
- truncate
- shortish
- short-snouted
- telescoped
- curtal
Antonyms
3. adjective: low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
- little synonyms
- low synonyms
- low-set synonyms
- half-length
- thick synonyms
- compact synonyms
- pint-size synonyms
- pint-sized synonyms
- squat synonyms
- chunky synonyms
- short-stalked
- sawed-off synonyms
- stocky
- sawn-off synonyms
- dumpy
- stumpy
- heavyset
- squab
- squatty
- thickset
- runty
- squabby
Antonyms
- tall synonyms
4. adjective: of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- poor synonyms
- inadequate synonyms
- jejune
- insufficient synonyms
- deficient synonyms
5. adjective: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
- forgetful
- unretentive
- mindless synonyms
- unmindful
6. adjective: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
Antonyms
7. adjective: of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
Antonyms
8. adjective: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- light synonyms
- scant synonyms
- insufficient synonyms
- deficient synonyms
9. adjective: lacking foresight or scope
- myopic
- shortsighted
- unforesightful
- improvident
10. adjective: tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
- breakable
11. adjective: marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- curt synonyms
- brusque
- brusk
- discourteous
12. noun: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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- piece of land
- piece of ground
- tract synonyms
- parcel synonyms
- parcel of land
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Questions people ask
What is another word for short?
You can say short-run, short-term, short-range, short and sweet or brief instead of short. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration".
What is the opposite of short?
The opposite of short is long or tall.
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