Short
Definition of Short
- 1. Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration Adjective
- 2. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length Adjective
- 3. Low in stature; not tall Adjective
- 4. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range Adjective
- 5. Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices Adjective
- 6. Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration Adjective
- 7. The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed Noun
- 8. Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference Noun
- 9. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base Noun
- 10. Quickly and without warning Adverb
- 11. Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold Adverb
- 12. Clean across Adverb
- 13. At some point or distance before a goal is reached Adverb
- 14. So as to interrupt Adverb
- 15. At a disadvantage Adverb
- 16. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner Adverb
- 17. Of insufficient quantity to meet a need Adjective Satellite
- 18. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so Adjective Satellite
- 19. Lacking foresight or scope Adjective Satellite
- 20. Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening Adjective Satellite
- 21. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness Adjective Satellite
- 22. Cheat someone by not returning him enough money Verb
- 23. Create a short circuit in Verb
Synonyms for word "short"
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Semanticaly linked words with "short"
- baseball diamond
- diamond
- infield
- parcel
- parcel of land
- piece of ground
- piece of land
- tract
- bunco
- con
- defraud
- diddle
- goldbrick
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- scam
- short-change
- swindle
- victimize
- duration
- length
- abbreviated
- shortened
- truncated
- brief
- clipped
- fleeting
- fugitive
- momentaneous
- momentary
- short and sweet
- short-dated
- short-range
- short-run
- short-term
- circuit
- electric circuit
- electrical circuit
- contact
- tangency
- create
- make
- length
- abbreviated
- brief
- close
- curtal
- sawed-off
- sawn-off
- shortened
- shortish
- short-range
- short-snouted
- snub
- stubby
- telescoped
- truncate
- truncated
- finance
- position
- baseball team
- height
- stature
- low
- chunky
- dumpy
- low-set
- squat
- squatty
- stumpy
- compact
- heavyset
- stocky
- thick
- thickset
- half-length
- pint-size
- pint-sized
- runty
- sawed-off
- sawn-off
- short-stalked
- squab
- squabby
- deficient
- insufficient
- forgetful
- mindless
- unmindful
- finance
- phonetics
- deficient
- insufficient
- improvident
- breakable
- discourteous