Short Synonyms

Short synonyms such as "crispy, direct, lilliputian, brief, abbreviated, deficient in, at a premium, abrupt, brittle, and crisp". Short is an adjective, and its antonyms are long, tall, and roundabout. Here are 140 another word for short with example sentences.

Another word for Short

140 other ways to say short.

1. small

2. dumpy

  • wee
  • tiny
  • teeny-weeny
  • teeny
  • stubby
  • stocky
  • squat
  • small
  • pocket-sized
  • pint-sized
  • petite
  • little
  • Lilliputian
  • knee-high to a grasshopper
  • fubsy
  • elfin
  • dwarfish
  • dumpy
  • diminutive

3. brief

  • transitory
  • transient
  • temporary
  • short-term
  • short-lived
  • quick
  • passing
  • momentary
  • meteoric
  • lightning
  • impermanent
  • fugitive
  • fugacious
  • flying
  • fleeting
  • fading
  • evanescent
  • ephemeral
  • cursory
  • brief

4. concise

  • truncated
  • to the point
  • thumbnail
  • terse
  • synoptic
  • summary
  • summarized
  • succinct
  • short and sweet
  • pointed
  • pithy
  • laconic
  • epigrammatic
  • economical
  • curtailed
  • curt
  • crisp
  • contracted
  • condensed
  • concise
  • compendious
  • compact
  • brief
  • abridged
  • abbreviated

5. deficient in

  • with too few/little …
  • with an insufficiency of
  • wanting (in)
  • strapped for
  • short on
  • pushed for
  • missing
  • minus
  • low on
  • lacking (in)
  • in need of
  • deficient in

6. scarce

  • wanting
  • too little
  • thin
  • sparse
  • scarcer than hen's teeth
  • scarce
  • scanty
  • scant
  • paltry
  • not to be had
  • not enough
  • negligible
  • meagre
  • like gold dust
  • lacking
  • insufficient
  • in short supply
  • inadequate
  • hard to find
  • hard to come by
  • exiguous
  • deficient
  • at a premium

7. curt

  • ungracious
  • uncivil
  • testy
  • terse
  • tart
  • surly
  • snappy
  • sharp
  • rude
  • offhand
  • impolite
  • ill-mannered
  • gruff
  • graceless
  • discourteous
  • curt
  • brusque
  • blunt
  • bad-mannered
  • abrupt

8. crumbly

  • shortcrust
  • friable
  • fatty
  • crumbly
  • crispy
  • crisp
  • brittle

How to Use short in a Sentence

His recovery was nothing short of remarkable.

Let's take a short break.

She wore a short dress.

The meeting was surprisingly short.