Synonyms of short from BoostVocab

short

/ʃɔrt/

Synonyms of short Antonyms of short Examples of short Usage of short Parts of short Definition that contains short Words sounding like short Explanation of short

adjective
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
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"money is short" "on short rations" "food is in short supply" "short on experience"

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inadequate jejune poor insufficient deficient
verb
cheat someone by not returning him enough money
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short-change

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mulct nobble rook scam short-change swindle victimize defraud con bunco goldbrick hornswoggle diddle
adverb
at a disadvantage
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"I was caught short"

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unawares
noun
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
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shortstop

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position
adjective
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
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"the salesgirl was very short with him"

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brusk brusque curt discourteous
adjective
low in stature; not tall
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"he was short and stocky" "short in stature" "a short smokestack"

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little chunky thickset thick stumpy stocky squatty squat squabby squab short-stalked sawn-off sawed-off runty pint-sized pint-size low-set heavyset half-length compact dumpy

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tall
noun
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
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short circuit

type of:
contact tangency

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electric circuit electrical circuit circuit
verb
create a short circuit in
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short-circuit

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create make
adverb
quickly and without warning
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abruptly dead suddenly
adjective
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
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"regularly gives short weight"

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light scant insufficient deficient
adjective
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
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"a short memory"

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forgetful unretentive
adjective
lacking foresight or scope
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"a short view of the problem" "shortsighted policies" "shortsighted critics derided the plan"

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myopic shortsighted unforesightful improvident
adverb
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
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"he talked short with everyone" "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

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curtly shortly
adjective
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
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"a short sale" "short in cotton"
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long
adjective
of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
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"the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
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long
adjective
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
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"short skirts" "short hair" "the board was a foot short" "a short toss"

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abbreviated short-snouted truncate truncated shortened close shortish snub telescoped stubby curtal short-range sawn-off brief sawed-off

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long
adjective
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
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"a short life" "a short flight" "a short holiday" "a short story" "only a few short months"

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momentaneous fugitive clipped brief abbreviated momentary short-dated short-range short-run short-term short and sweet shortened truncated fleeting

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long
adjective
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
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"shortbread is a short crumbly cookie" "a short flaky pie crust"

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breakable
noun
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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piece of ground piece of land tract parcel parcel of land

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baseball diamond infield diamond
adverb
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
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"he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

Synonyms & Similar Words

make little dead close light poor suddenly position low contact create thick con brief shortly scam fugitive squat parcel fleeting compact inadequate mindless swindle chunky abruptly rook insufficient clipped tract forgetful curt shortened deficient snub momentary shortstop stocky shortness jejune unawares scant stumpy dumpy breakable diddle squab stubby shortsighted discourteous abbreviated defraud bunco heavyset myopic victimize squatty curtal brusque runty curtly nobble improvident shortish thickset goldbrick truncated short-change mulct hornswoggle brusk squabby short-stalked sawn-off sawed-off pint-sized pint-size low-set half-length short circuit tangency short-circuit unretentive unmindful unforesightful short-snouted truncate telescoped short-range momentaneous short-dated short-run short-term short and sweet piece of ground piece of land parcel of land

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