Short

//ʃɔːt//

Synonyms for "short" (560 found)

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Preposition(1 words)

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Antonyms

4 entries

Synonyms

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6 entries

coordinate

4 entries

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319 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

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1 entries

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11 entries

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1 entries

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3 entries

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1 entries

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1 entries

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Translations

425 translations across 157 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • кӏако adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Albanian

1 entries
  • i shkurtër adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries
  • کله adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Amharic

2 entries
  • አጭር adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • አጭር adj (having little duration)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βραχύς adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • βραχύς adj (having little duration)

Arabic

4 entries
  • قصير adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • قصير adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • قَصِير adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • قَصِير adj (having little duration)

Armenian

4 entries
  • կարճ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • կարճ adj (having little duration)
  • կարճահասակ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • կոլոտ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • shcurtu adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Assamese

4 entries
  • চমু adj (having little duration)
  • চাপৰ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • চাপৰ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • চুটি adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cortu adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qısa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • qısa adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • тоҡор adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ҡыҫҡа adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каро́ткі adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ні́зкі adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কম adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • hababa adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • halipot adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Brunei Malay

4 entries
  • buntak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • buntak adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • pindik adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • pindik adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кра́тък adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • кра́тък adj (having little duration)
  • къс adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ни́сък adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Burmese

4 entries
  • တို adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • တို adj (having little duration)
  • နိမ့် adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • ပု adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • коро́ткый adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Catalan

2 entries
  • baix adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • curt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • mubo adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Chamicuro

2 entries
  • c̈hijtawa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • na'yechoma adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Chechen

1 entries
  • доца adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏍᏆᎳᎢ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Chinese

3 entries
  • дуан adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • дуан adj (having little duration)
  • җеё adj (having little duration)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • adj (having little duration)
  • adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • adj (having little duration)
  • adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • кратъкъ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qısqa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Czech

4 entries
  • krátký adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • krátký adj (having little duration)
  • malý adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • zkrácený adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • cort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Danish

4 entries
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kort adj (having little duration)
  • kort adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • lav adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afkorting adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • binnenkort adj (not distant in time; near at hand)
  • klein adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • кӱчык adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Erzya

2 entries
  • нурька adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • нурькине adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • kurta adj (golf: falling short of the green or the hole)
  • malalta adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • mallonga adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • subite adv (abruptly, briefly)

Estonian

4 entries
  • lühike adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • lühike adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • lühistama verb (transitive: to cause a short circuit)
  • lühistuma verb (intransitive: to short circuit)

Even

1 entries
  • урумкун adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Evenki

1 entries
  • урумкун adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Faroese

4 entries
  • lágur adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • lágvaksin adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • stuttur adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • stuttur adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epätyydyttävä adj (deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard)
  • lyhennys adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • lyhyt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • lyhyt adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

French

4 entries
  • bref adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • bref adj (having little duration)
  • court adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • court adj (having little duration)

Friulian

1 entries
  • curt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Gagauz

2 entries
  • cıba adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • gücük adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Galician

3 entries
  • baixo adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • curto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • curto adj (having little duration)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოკლე adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

German

4 entries
  • klein adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • kurz adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kurz adj (having little duration)
  • kurz (für) adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

Greek

3 entries
  • κοντός adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • κοντός adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • σύντομος adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • pōkole adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • נָמוּךְ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • קָצָר adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • mababa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कम adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • छोटा adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • नाटा adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alacsony adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • kurta adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • rövid adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • rövid adj (having little duration)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • lágur adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • lágvaxinn adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • stuttur adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • stuttur adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Ido

1 entries
  • kurta adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kependekan (dari) adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • lyhyt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • lyhyt adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • lyhyt adj (having little duration)
  • matalain adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • breve adj (having little duration)

Irish

4 entries
  • beag adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • gairid adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • gairid adj (having little duration)
  • gearr adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Italian

4 entries
  • abbreviazione adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • basso adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • cartuccia adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • corto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 低い adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • 小柄 adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • 略語 adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • 短い adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Jarawa

1 entries
  • učəhə adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Javanese

3 entries
  • cekak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • cekak adj (having little duration)
  • cendhèk adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kabardian

2 entries
  • кӏагуэ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • кӏэщӏ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • baxu adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • bóxe adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • кутӏ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • makuyad adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • krótczi adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қысқа adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ខ្លី adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ទាប adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries
  • дженьыд adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Korean

4 entries
  • 작다 adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • 짧다 adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • 짧다 adj (having little duration)
  • 짧은 adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кыска adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Ladino

3 entries
  • bashitiko adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • kurto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kurto adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສັ້ນ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • eiss adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • eiss adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Latin

4 entries
  • brevis adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • brevis adj (having little duration)
  • curtus adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • humilis adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Latvian

3 entries
  • īss adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • īss adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • īss adj (having little duration)

Laz

1 entries
  • მკულე adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Lingala

2 entries
  • kuse adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • mokuse adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • trumpas adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • trumpà adj (having little duration)
  • trum̃pas adj (having little duration)
  • žemà adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Livonian

1 entries
  • līti adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Lombard

1 entries
  • cùrt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • krotki adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • краток adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • краток adj (having little duration)
  • кус adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • кус adj (having little duration)

Malay

4 entries
  • pendek adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • pendek adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • pendek adj (having little duration)
  • singkat adj (having little duration)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • കുറിയ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • ചെറിയ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ചെറിയ adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Maltese

1 entries
  • qasir adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • pandak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • kutri adj (having little duration)

Middle English

1 entries
  • schort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Middle Irish

2 entries
  • berr adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • gerr adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • singkek adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • კუნტა adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Moksha

1 entries
  • нюрьхкяня adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • ахар adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • богино adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • намхан adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Māori

4 entries
  • kanepoto adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • popoto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • poto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • pātehetehe adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Nanai

1 entries
  • хурми adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • curto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kurt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kurtî adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • paṇḍak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gabaabaa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • آلچاق adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • قیصه adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • كوتاه adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • kòrtiku adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لنډ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Persian

4 entries
  • قد کوتاه adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • کوتاه adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • کوتاه adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • کوتاه adj (having little duration)

Polish

3 entries
  • krótki adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • krótki adj (having little duration)
  • niski adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abreviação (de) adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • baixo adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • breve adj (having little duration)
  • curto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • poto adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Romanian

4 entries
  • abreviere adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • prescurtare adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • scund adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • scurt adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Russian

4 entries
  • коро́ткий adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • коро́ткий adj (having little duration)
  • кра́ткий adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • невысо́кий adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • ह्रस्व adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • beag adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • goirid adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • goirid adj (having little duration)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kràtak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • кра̀так adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • curtu adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Slovak

2 entries
  • krátky adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • nízky adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Slovene

3 entries
  • kratek adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • majhen adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • majhna adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Somali

1 entries
  • gaaban adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bajo adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • canijo adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • chato adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • corto adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • pondok adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Svan

1 entries
  • მეკუ̂შდე adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Swahili

2 entries
  • fupi adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • fupi adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förkortning adj (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form)
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kort adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • kort adj (having little duration)

Tajik

2 entries
  • кӯтоҳ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • паст adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குள்ளமான adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Tarantino

1 entries
  • corte adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • aquḍaḍ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Tatar

2 entries
  • кыска adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • тәбәнәк adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Tetum

1 entries
  • badak adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Thai

2 entries
  • สั้น adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • เตี้ย adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kısa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • kısa adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gysga adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • вакчи adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • коро́ткий adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • ни́зький adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • krótki adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Urdu

2 entries
  • چھوٹا adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • کوتاہ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قىسقا adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qisqa adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • lùn adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • ngắn adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • thấp adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Volapük

1 entries
  • brefik adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Walloon

2 entries
  • court adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • court adj (having little duration)

Welsh

4 entries
  • ber adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • byr adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • byr adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • byrion adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries
  • mevava' adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • кӹтӹк adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • паст adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)

Yakut

1 entries
  • кылгас adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קורץ adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • kılm (diq) adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Zealandic

1 entries
  • kort adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

Zhuang

4 entries
  • daemq adj (of a person, of comparatively small height)
  • dinj adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • gud adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)
  • gvwd adj (having a small distance between ends or edges)

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.

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Your work comes short of the expected standard.

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We ran short of money.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.