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short
adjective as in abridged
Strong matches
bare, compressed, condensed, curtailed, decreased, diminished, fleeting, lessened, little, summarized, summary
adjective as in not tall
Weak matches
chunky, close to the ground, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, sawed-off, skimpy, squatty, stocky, stubby, thickset, undersized
adjective as in insufficient
adjective as in abrupt, discourteous
Weak matches
bad-tempered, breviloquent, curt, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, short-spoken, short-tempered, snappy, snippety, snippy, testy, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious
adjective as in crumbly
adverb as in abruptly
Weak matches
aback, by surprise, forthwith, sudden, unanticipatedly, unaware, unexpectedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning
Example Sentences
Food & Drug Administration allows while supplies of authentic treatments are in short supply.
After her party fell short in 2020, Ms. Spanberger vented to House colleagues: “We need to not ever use the words ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again.”
In a note to clients, he advised shorting the stock “unless you are confident that it will grow faster and longer than any company has grown ever.”
October’s high of 153.28 is likely a key level for traders in short term, made more significant by its alignment with weekly pivot point, Simpson says.
Asked why she stopped short of taking up the review's recommendation, Phillipson told the BBC that pupils who are unable to read "fluently and confidently" often struggle in other subjects.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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