DICTOMETER

SHORTEST

1. Synonyms:
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • primarily temporal sense
   • indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
   Examples:
   • A short life
   • A short flight
   • A short holiday
   • A short story
   • Only a few short months
   Antonyms:
   • LONG
   • agelong
   • bimestrial
   • chronic, continuing
   • daylong
   • drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted
   • durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
   • eight-day
   • endless, eternal, interminable
   • hourlong
   • lifelong, womb-to-tomb
   • long-acting
   • long-dated
   • longish
   • long-life
   • longitudinal
   • long-range
   • long-run, long-term, semipermanent
   • longstanding
   • monthlong
   • nightlong, all-night, overnight
   • perennial
   • time-consuming
   • weeklong, seven-day
   • yearlong
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
   Examples:
   • Short skirts
   • Short hair
   • The board was a foot short
   • A short toss
   Antonyms:
   • LONG
   • elongate, elongated
   • elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged
   • extendible, extendable
   • far
   • lank
   • long-handled, pole-handled
   • long-range
   • long-snouted
   • long-staple
   • long-wool, long-wooled
   • oblong
   • polysyllabic, sesquipedalian
   • stretch(prenominal)
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Short
   • Little
   Definitions:
   • low in stature
   • not tall
   Examples:
   • He was short and stocky
   • Short in stature
   • A short smokestack
   • A little man
   Antonyms:
   • RT
   • gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy
   • in height(predicate)
   • leggy, long-legged, long-shanked
   • leggy, tall-growing
   • long
   • long-stalked, tall-stalked
   • stately, statuesque
   • tallish
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Inadequate
   • Poor
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • not sufficient to meet a need
   Examples:
   • An inadequate income
   • A poor salary
   • Money is short
   • On short rations
   • Food is in short supply
   • Short on experience
   Antonyms:
   • Sufficient
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Unretentive
   • Forgetful
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
   Examples:
   • A short memory
   Antonyms:
   • ETENTIVE
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
   Examples:
   • A short sale
   • Short in cotton
   Antonyms:
   • LONG
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
   Examples:
   • The English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
   Antonyms:
   • LONG
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Light
   • Scant
   • Short
   Definitions:
   • less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
   Examples:
   • A light pound
   • A scant cup of sugar
   • Regularly gives short weight
   Antonyms:
   • Sufficient
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Short
   • Shortsighted
   • Unforesightful
   • Myopic
   Definitions:
   • lacking foresight or scope
   Examples:
   • A short view of the problem
   • Shortsighted policies
   • Shortsighted critics derided the plan
   • Myopic thinking
   Antonyms:
   • Provident
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Short
    Definitions:
    • tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
    Examples:
    • Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
    • A short flaky pie crust
    Antonyms:
    • Unbreakable
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Brusque
    • Brusk
    • Curt
    • Short
    Definitions:
    • marked by rude or peremptory shortness
    Examples:
    • Try to cultivate a less brusque manner
    • A curt reply
    • The salesgirl was very short with him
    Antonyms:
    • Courteous