Short

/ʃɔːt/

Synonyms for "short" (569 found)

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Closest matches (114)

3-daback abbreviate abbreviated abridged abrupt abruptly adulterated aggressiveall in allamount amplifyanimated cartoonapart fromaphoristic aposiopestic arrestedbadly offbankruptbankrupt in

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bare ofbarring bearbear accountbearish beastly before bereftbereft ofbermuda shortsblack-and-white filmblemished bluff blunt brash breakbreak in onbrief briefly brisk brokebroken circuitbrusque burdenbutt incallow cartoon cavalier charge cheat chiller chunky churlish cinema cinemascope cinerama circuitcircuital fieldclipped close close-tonguedclosed circuitclosemouthedcolor filmcometary compact compendiouscomplete circuitcompressed concise condensed contracted core couchant cramped creepie crisp crouched crusty cursory curt curtail curtailed curtal curtate cutcut offcut short

Determiner(1 words)

a small blade

Adverb(3 words)

abruptlyall of a suddencurtly

Adjective(18 words)

bet againstbrachinus briefbrief digressionbrief excerptbrief overviewbrief reportbrusk brusque bypass compact conciseconcise expressionconcise solutioncondensecursory notecurt curtail

Noun(3 words)

breviblocbrief explanationbrief prompt

Verb(1 words)

chopped

Strong matches (171)

damageddead circuitdebased decreased decurtate defective deficientdenuded ofdepresseddeprived ofdepthlessdestitute ofdevoiddevoid ofdiminished diminutive dinky direct disagreeable discourteous

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distressed docked documentarydocumentary filmdown to bedrockdumb dumpy dwarfisheconomical of wordseducational filmelectrify elfin elliptic elliptical embarrassed embryonicempty ofenergize ephemeral epigrammatic erroneousexcept forexcepting excludingexclusive ofexiguous fail failing fallible faulty featurefeeling the pinchfew film flashing flat fleet fleeting flick flicker flickering footlingfor want offorlorn offorthwithfound wantingfragile fretfulgalvanic circuitgalvanize generate gist gnomic gruffhalf pinthalf-pinthard upharsh hastilyhorror picturehorse operahot circuithot pantshurried hurriedly hypoplasticill offill-off immature impaired impatient impecunious imperfect impolite impoverished imprecise impurein a nutshellin arrearin arrearsin defaultin default ofin narrow circumstancesin queer streetin reduced circumstancesin shortin short supplyin straitened circumstancesin want ofinaccurate inadequate incomplete inconsequential inconsiderable inconsiderate indigentindisposed to talkinexact infant inferior insignificant instantaneous instantly insufficient interrupt irascibleknee highknee-highknocked flatlacking laconiclaid lowland-poorlateral circuitleaving outleg lessened limited littlelive circuitlooploop inlow low-built low-hung low-level low-leveled low-lying low-set low-staturedmagnetic circuitmakeshift meager meat

Adverb(1 words)

dead

Adjective(2 words)

ephemeral little

Adjective(12 words)

forgetful inadequate insufficient jejune jerkiest knapp lacking lightlimited consultationlittlelittle earthlinglow

Noun(2 words)

frenulum brevelowrise

Related words (284)

mediocre meteoric microcircuit midget miniature minus minuscule missing mixed momentary moodymotion picturemotion-picture showmoviemoving picturemultiple circuitmultiple seriesmum mute narrow

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neap needing negligible newsreelno great shakesnot perfectnub nudie off offhandon the edgeone horseone-horseout ofout of pocketpart partial patchy path penniless peremptorily petite petty photodrama photoplay picayune picayunish picturepicture showpiddling pinched pindlingpint sizedpint-sized pith pithy plainplug inpocket point-blank pointed poky poorpoorly offpornographic filmprecluding previewprinted circuitprone prostrate pruned puny purport quick quick-tempered quiet rare recumbent reduced reserved rough runty scantscant ofscanty scarce scrappy scrimpy sense sententiousseries multiplesetting asidesevere shallow sharp shockshort accountshort and sweetshort circuitshort interestshort ofshort of fundsshort of moneyshort sellershort sideshort-circuit short-lived short-tempered short-term short-termed shorten shortened shorthanded shorts shyshy ofsilentsilent filmsketchy skimp skimpyskin deepskin flickskin-deep slender slight small smallish snappishsneak previewsnippety snippy snugspaghetti westernsparesparing of wordssparse spartan speechless speedy squat squatty squeezedstep downstep upstiffen stint stocky stooped stop straight straightforward straitened strapped stubby stumpy stunted substance succinct sudden suddenly summary superficial supine surly swiftswitch offswitch onsynopsized synoptic taciturn talkietalking picturetechnicolor temperamental temporary terminate terse testy thick thickset thriller thrust tighttight lippedtight-lipped tinyto the pointtongue tiedtongue-tied trailer transient transitory trifling trim trivial truculent truncatedturn offturn ontwo-by-fourunanticipatedly unawareunblessed withuncivil underdevelopedunderground filmundersized undeveloped unelevated uneven unexpectedly unfinished ungracious unloquacious unmoneyed unperfectedunpossessed ofunprosperous unreached unsound untalkative unthorough upshotvector fieldvest-pocket voiceless voidvoid ofwanting wee westernwithout warningword-bound wordless

Noun(6 words)

millisecondshort circuitshort-form videoshortstop snapping undershot

Adjective(27 words)

mini lessonmotion picture shortmyopic petite poorquick quizquick samplescant scarceshort circuitshort filmshort focus pauseshort physics guideshort sellshort subjectshort summaryshort-lived shorten shortish shortsighted

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succinct terse transient truncate unforesightful unretentivevideo short

Adverb(5 words)

of a suddenon the spur of the momentshortly suddenly unawares

Adjective(9 words)

petite pint-sized scrimp shortsome stubbed stubby stumpy titchyvertically challenged

Verb(2 words)

short-change short-circuit

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

39 entries

action buncocommunication stylecon contact create deficiency defraud diddle durationelectrical conditionelectrical faultexpression filmfinancial actiongoldbrick

Showing 16 of 39 words.

More specific

20 entries

abridgeanimated shortcondensedocumentary shortfive minute drillground faultlive action shortone minute summaryone word answerpetite heightshort of fundsshort on suppliesshort on timeshort sellingshort statureshorting

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

15 entries

short answershort breakshort circuitshort durationshort filmshort lengthshort listshort outshort paragraphshort periodshort saleshort storyshort subjectshort termshort video

Inflections

5 entries

shorted shorter shortest shorting shorts

Derivations

7 entries

shorten shortened shortening shorter shortish shortly shortness

Antonyms

2 entries

long tall

similar

52 entries

abbreviated abridged breakable brief chunky clipped close compact curtal deficient discourteous dumpy fleeting forgetful fugitive half-length

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Translations

14 translations across 10 languages.

Czech

1 entries

zkratovat verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Danish

1 entries

kortslutte verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Estonian

1 entries

lühistama verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Finnish

2 entries

aiheuttaa oikosulku verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)
oikosulkea verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

French

1 entries

court-circuiter verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

German

1 entries

kurzschließen verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Japanese

1 entries

短絡する verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Portuguese

1 entries

curto-circuitar verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Russian

4 entries

закорачивать verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)
закоротить verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)
замкнуть verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)
замыкать verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Swedish

1 entries

kortsluta verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)

Sample sentences

60 total sentences available.

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A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.

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You are selling him short.

Source: tatoeba (15799)

Your work comes short of the expected standard.

Source: tatoeba (17124)

We ran short of money.

Source: tatoeba (18493)

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