Short Synonyms and Rhyming Words

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. Additionally, here are 141 synonyms and rhyming words for short as well as words beginning with S and Sh.

Short Synonyms

1. small

dwarf
miniature
minuscule
squat
straight
stubby
teeny
teeny-weeny
wee

2. dumpy

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

3. brief

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

4. concise

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

5. deficient in

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

6. scarce

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

7. curt

bad-mannered
brusque
curt
discourteous
graceless
gruff
ill-mannered
impolite
offhand
snappy
surly
tart
terse
testy
uncivil
ungracious

8. crumbly

brittle
crisp
crispy
crumbly
fatty
friable
shortcrust

Rhyming Words for Short

97 rhyming words for short, grouped by word length. 1 rhyme with 3-letters, 13 rhymes with 4-letters, 20 rhymes with 5-letters, 26 rhymes with 6-letters, 16 rhymes with 7-letters, 7 rhymes with 8-letters, 6 rhymes with 9-letters, 4 rhymes with 10-letters, and 4 rhymes with 11-letters for short.

Short Rhymes

4-Letter Short Rhymes

sort
tort
rort
port
part
dirt
hurt
curt
tart
mart
dart
pert
cart

5-Letter Short Rhymes

sport
abort
heart
apart
spurt
smart
alert
start
skirt
overt
exert
feart
inert
court
shirt
peart
blurt
chart
flirt
evert

6-Letter Short Rhymes

exhort
cohort
effort
deport
import
report
resort
escort
extort
retort
cavort
assort
depart
expert
squirt
divert
impart
assert
thwart
covert
unhurt
advert
insert
desert
invert
splurt

7-Letter Short Rhymes

comfort
support
distort
comport
consort
rapport
purport
disport
contort
pervert
restart
concert
convert
dessert
subvert
upstart

Other Rhymes for Short

Art, passport, inexpert, stalwart, malapert, redshirt, outsmart, minimart, misreport, transport, davenport, introvert, extrovert, lionheart, discomfort, sweetheart, disconcert, controvert, discomfort, sweetheart, disconcert, and controvert all rhyme with short.

Words That Look Like 'Short'