Definition of word 'shorter'

• adv. quickly and without warning
• adv. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
• adv. clean across
• adv. at some point or distance before a goal is reached
• adv. so as to interrupt
• adv. at a disadvantage
• adv. in a curt
• adj. primarily temporal sense
• adj. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
• adj. low in stature
• adj. not sufficient to meet a need
• adj. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
• adj. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
• adj. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
• adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
• adj. lacking foresight or scope
• adj. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
• adj. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
• n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
• n. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
• n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
• v. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
• v. create a short circuit in

Synonyms of the word 'short'

• abruptly
• suddenly
• dead
• unawares
• curtly
• shortly
• little
• inadequate
• poor
• unretentive
• forgetful
• light
• scant(p)
• shortsighted
• unforesightful
• myopic
• brusque
• brusk
• curt
• short(p)
• short circuit
• shortstop
• short-change
• short-circuit

Antonyms of the word 'short'

• long
• long
• tall
• long
• recollective
• retentive
• tenacious
• long
• long

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