Synonyms of abridged

abridged 1 of 2

adjective

as in abbreviated

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

abridged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of abridge

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration

the library's hours have been drastically abridged to cut costs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of abridged in a Sentence

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Adjective

An abridged version of this list appears in the October/November 2022 issue of Fortune. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2022

An abridged version of a piece that Stoppard published in Talk magazine in 1999, the essay describes his somewhat late-in-life awakening to his Jewish identity. —Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2022

It’s not the color-blind casting, abridged plot, or anachronisms that upset people. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 July 2022

After Eichmann’s capture by the Israelis, Sassen sold the transcripts to Life magazine, which published an abridged, two-part excerpt. —Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022