Smoking shortens your life.
Source: tatoeba (3383980)
Shortens
Synonyms for "shortens" (153 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
impairknitleachlessenlourlowerminifyminimizemownarrownipnutshelloutlineparepollpollardprunepuckerpucker uppurify
Show 45 more words
pursereaprecaprecapitulatereducerefineremoveretrenchroll backrub awayscale downshaveshearshortshrinksimplifysketchsketch outslashsnubsolidifystep downstranglestrangulatestuntsubductsubtractsum upsummarizesynopsizetake awaytake fromtake intelescopethinthin outtoptrimtruncatetune downwaste no wordswear awayweedwithdrawwrinkle
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A working day shortens life by 8 hours.
Source: tatoeba (5000447)
Sadness lengthens life; happiness shortens it.
Source: tatoeba (5350085)
The new motorway shortens my journey time by almost an hour.
Source: tatoeba (10657289)
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.