Thesaurus
short
Synonyms and Antonyms of short
- He is short for his age.
- Fortunately for those of us in the hot sun, the graduation speech was short and to the point.
extended, far, great, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived
- Regrettably, the art supplies are short this year, so you'll have to share.
- short pastry
- I didn't mean to be so short with you by responding to your request with a snippy "I'm busy!"
candid, direct, forthright, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, straightforward, straight-out
artless, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, insensitive, rude, tactless, undiplomatic
brief, closemouthed, laconic, reserved, reticent, terse, tight-lipped
short
Synonyms and Antonyms of short
- The bicyclist ahead of me unexpectedly pulled up short and I almost plowed into him.
all of a sudden (also on a sudden)
short
Synonyms and Antonyms of short
- charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
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