Synonyms of abbreviated

abbreviated 1 of 2

adjective

as in abridged

Related Words

• abridged
• shortened
• curtailed
• condensed
• syncopated
• brief
• short
• compact
• shortish
• cut-back
• sudden
• transient
• little
• short-lived
• summary
• abrupt
• ephemeral
• fleeting
• concise
• momentary
• succinct
• transitory
• pithy
• terse
• epigrammatic
• laconic
• compendious
• fast
• short-term
• short-range
• impermanent
• crisp

Dissimilar Words

• long
• extended
• lengthy
• great
• far
• prolonged
• protracted
• interminable
• persistent
• endless
• everlasting
• unending
• permanent
• long-drawn-out
• enlarged
• longish
• long-lived
• overlong
• expanded
• long-range
• supplemented
• long-term

abbreviated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of abbreviate

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration

had to abbreviate his vacation in France in order to travel to Oslo to receive the Nobel Prize

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortened
• truncated
• abridged
• reduced
• curtailed
• syncopated
• cut back
• elided
• summarized
• docked
• trimmed
• compressed
• decreased
• encapsulated
• abstracted
• modified
• recapitulated
• digested
• epitomized
• cut down
• pared
• summed up
• tapered
• contracted
• constricted
• pruned
• cut
• diminished
• downsized
• moderated
• slashed
• subtracted (from)
• dwindled
• lowered
• shrank
• retrenched
• lessened
• deflated
• abated
• de-escalated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extended
• prolonged
• elongated
• lengthened
• protracted
• expanded
• supplemented
• enlarged
• increased
• added
• augmented
• amplified
• heightened
• dilated
• maximized
• raised
• boosted
• escalated
• inflated
• swelled
• distended
• blew up
• pumped up
• aggrandized
• ballooned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abbreviated

Adjective

In recent years, shorts have been getting smaller, shorter, more abbreviated. — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 22 May 2026

Tessa Francis fired an abbreviated no-hitter with eight strikeouts, while Ashley Mortensen went 3-for-4 as Marblehead routed Winthrop 12-0 in five innings in the Northeastern Conference. — Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026

Verb

High-dynamic range High-dynamic range, which is often abbreviated as HDR in product specs, dramatically improves the color and contrast of a TV. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Pacific Northwest - Severe snow drought across the Cascades, followed by heat, dryness, and wildfire concerns, is expected to produce a more variable and abbreviated season. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Now stock prices could be transmitted across the country at the speed of one character a second, a process made even more efficient when the names of companies were abbreviated—an early form of what today is known as a ticker symbol. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Finance and insurance, often abbreviated to F&I, often contributes an outsized share of gross profit compared with revenue. — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Menu descriptions arrive as terse little trios—tuna, foie gras and shiso; cuttlefish, buckwheat and celtuce; turbot, lettuce and sake—but the cooking behind them is anything but abbreviated. — Lela London, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Fair, 72, lives in the Sam Chriest Home in Cupertino, operated by Adults Toward Independent Living, abbreviated as ATIL. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

The microcontrollers, typically abbreviated as BMCs, run with their own operating system firmware, network stack, and IP address. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

Jones is now entering his second season as Indy’s unquestioned starter after a resurgent, yet abbreviated 2025 campaign. — James Boyd, New York Times, 28 July 2026