Synonyms and Antonyms of shorten

(verb.change)
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)
(verb.change)
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)

(verb.change)
lengthen
become long or longer (verb.change)
(verb.change)
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (verb.communication)

become short or shorter (verb.change)

decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
decrease in size, extent, or range (verb.change)
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)

abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)
make short or shorter (verb.change)

alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change)
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration (verb.change)

bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
cut down on; make a reduction in (verb.change)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)

decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller (verb.contact)

make short or shorter (verb.change)

cut
shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of (verb.change)
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration (verb.change)

foreshorten
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth (verb.change)
(verb.change)
clip, curtail, cut short
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent (verb.change)
(verb.change)
syncopate
omit a sound or letter in a word (verb.change)
(verb.change)
cut short, truncate
make shorter as if by cutting off (verb.change)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)

bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)
(verb.change)
concentrate, condense, digest
make more concise (verb.change)

make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration (verb.change)

shorten
become short or shorter (verb.change)

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)

cut, edit, edit out
cut and assemble the components of (verb.change)

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change)

bowdlerisation, bowdlerization
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act)
(noun.act)
castration, expurgation
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act)
(noun.person)
bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages (noun.person)
(noun.person)
bowdler, thomas bowdler
English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) (noun.person)
make short or shorter (verb.change)

shortening
act of decreasing in length (noun.act)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements (verb.change)

contraction
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope (noun.act)
(noun.communication)
abridgement, abridgment, capsule, condensation
a shortened version of a written work (noun.communication)
(noun.object)
shortener
any agent that shortens (noun.object)
(noun.person)
abbreviator, abridger
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work (noun.person)

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