Synonyms and Antonyms of short

synonym (synonym of short)

  • (noun.artifact)
    short circuit
    accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.act)
    shortstop
    the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.social)
    short-change
    cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    short-circuit
    create a short circuit in (verb.creation)
     
  • (adj.all)
    little
    low in stature; not tall (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    inadequate, poor
    not sufficient to meet a need (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    forgetful, unretentive
    (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    light, scant
    less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    myopic, shortsighted, unforesightful
    lacking foresight or scope (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    brusk, brusque, curt
    marked by rude or peremptory shortness (adj.all)
     
  • (adv.all)
    abruptly, dead, suddenly
    quickly and without warning (adv.all)
     
  • (adverb)
    unawares
    at a disadvantage (adverb)
     
  • (adv.all)
    curtly, shortly
    in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner (adv.all)
     

antonym (antonym of short)

  • (adj.all)
    long, recollective, retentive, tenacious
    good at remembering (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    long
    primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    tall
    great in vertical dimension; high in stature (adj.all)
     

also (also)

  • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range (adj.all)
    forgetful, mindless, unmindful
    not mindful or attentive (adj.all)
     
  • low in stature; not tall (adj.all)
    low
    literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension (adj.all)
     

similar (similar with short)

  • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adj.all)
    abbreviated, brief
    (of clothing) very short (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    close
    used of hair or haircuts (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    curtal
    (obsolete) cut short (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
    cut short (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    shortish
    somewhat short (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short-range
    limited to short distances (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short-snouted
    having a snout that is shorter than average (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    snub
    unusually short (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    stubby
    short and blunt (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    shortened, telescoped
    shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    truncate, truncated
    terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off (adj.all)
     
  • lacking foresight or scope (adj.all)
    improvident
    not provident; not providing for the future (adj.all)
     
  • low in stature; not tall (adj.all)
    chunky, dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy
    short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset
    having a short and solid form or stature (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    half-length
    representing only the upper half of the body (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off
    well below average height (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short-stalked
    of plants having relatively short stalks (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    squab, squabby
    short and fat (adj.all)
     
  • marked by rude or peremptory shortness (adj.all)
    discourteous
    showing no courtesy; rude (adj.all)
     
  • not sufficient to meet a need (adj.all)
    deficient, insufficient, deficient, insufficient
    of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement (adj.all)
     
  • primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration (adj.all)
    abbreviated, shortened, truncated
    cut short in duration (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    brief
    of short duration or distance (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    clipped
    (of speech) having quick short sounds (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
    lasting for a markedly brief time (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short and sweet
    dealt with very quickly; to the point (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short-dated
    of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    short-run, short-term
    relating to or extending over a limited period (adj.all)
     
  • tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening (adj.all)
    breakable
    capable of being broken or damaged (adj.all)
     

hypernym (short IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun.artifact)
    contact, tangency
    (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact (noun.artifact)
     
  • cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social)
    bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
    deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
     
  • create a short circuit in (verb.creation)
    create, make
    make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation)
     
  • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base (noun.act)
    position
    (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun.act)
     
  • the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed (noun.artifact)
    parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
    an extended area of land (noun.location)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun.artifact)
    circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit
    an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow (noun.artifact)
     
  • the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed (noun.artifact)
    baseball diamond, diamond, infield
    the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate (noun.artifact)
     

member meronym (HAS MEMBER relation)

  • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base (noun.act)
    baseball team
    a team that plays baseball (noun.group)
     

attribute (short is an attribute of ....)

  • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adj.all)
    length
    the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place (noun.attribute)
     
  • low in stature; not tall (adj.all)
    height, stature
    (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot (noun.attribute)
     
  • primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration (adj.all)
    duration, length
    continuance in time (noun.attribute)
     

pertainym (of or pertaining to (meaning relating to))

  • in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner (adv.all)
    brusk, brusque, curt, short
    marked by rude or peremptory shortness (adj.all)
     
  • quickly and without warning (adv.all)
    sudden
    happening without warning or in a short space of time (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected (adj.all)
     

derivation (.... is derived from short)

  • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range (adj.all)
    forgetfulness
    tendency to forget (noun.cognition)
     
  • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adj.all)
    shortness
    the property of being of short spatial extent (noun.attribute)
     
  • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun.artifact)
    short, short-circuit
    create a short circuit in (verb.creation)
     
  • create a short circuit in (verb.creation)
    short, short circuit
    accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun.artifact)
     
  • lacking foresight or scope (adj.all)
    improvidence, shortsightedness
    a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources (noun.attribute)
     
  • low in stature; not tall (adj.all)
    shortness, truncation
    the property of being truncated or short (noun.attribute)
     
  • marked by rude or peremptory shortness (adj.all)
    abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
    an abrupt discourteous manner (noun.attribute)
     
  • not sufficient to meet a need (adj.all)
    inadequacy, inadequateness
    unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
    the quality of being meager (noun.attribute)
     

domain category (short is domain category of ....)

  • not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices (adj.all)
    finance
    the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets (noun.cognition)
     
  • of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration (adj.all)
    phonetics
    the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis (noun.cognition)
     
synonym antonym also similar hypernym part meronym member meronym short circuit shortstop short-change short-circuit little long recollective retentive tall forgetful mindless unmindful low discourteous breakable abbreviated brief close curtal position parcel contact tangency create make baseball diamond diamond infield circuit baseball team
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