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| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | abruptly |
| Synonyms: | aback, forthwith, sudden, suddenly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly, by surprise, unanticipatedly, without delay, without hesitation, without warning |
| Antonyms: | long |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, bare, brief, compendious, concise, condensed, cut short, epigrammatic, fleeting, laconic, little, momentary, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet*, short-lived, succinct, summary, terse, undersized, abbreviated, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, compendiary, compressed, curtailed, curtate, cut to the bone, decreased, decurtate, diminished, in a nutshell, lessened, not protracted, short-term, shortened, summarized, unprolonged, unsustained |
| Antonyms: | large, lengthy, long, unabridged |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tall |
| Synonyms: | chunky, compact, diminutive, little, low, petite, pocket, skimpy, slight, small, squat, stocky, stubby, stunted, thick, tiny, undersized, wee, abbreviated, close to the ground, not long, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, sawed-off, squatty, thickset |
| Antonyms: | high, lengthy, long, tall |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient |
| Synonyms: | deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, lacking, limited, meager, poor, scanty, scarce, short-handed, shy, skimpy, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting, low on, needing, niggardly, scant |
| Antonyms: | adequate, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, discourteous |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, blunt, brief, brusque, curt, direct, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, irascible, offhand, rude, sharp, short-tempered, snappy*, snippy*, straight, terse, testy, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious, breviloquent, short-spoken, snippety |
| Antonyms: | courteous, kind, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crumbly |
| Synonyms: | brittle, crisp, crunchy, delicate, fragile, friable |
| Antonyms: | thick |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
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Adjectives: |
little, short, brachyskelic, brief, commatic, compact, compendious, concise, curt, curtailed of its fair proportion, dumpy, fubsy, improcerous, oblate, pug, runtish, scrimp, shorn, short by, short-waisted, spuddy, squab, squabbish, squabby, squat, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, summary, thickset, undersized
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| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt |
| Synonyms: | barefaced, blunt, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, direct, downright, forthright, frank, gruff, hearty, honest, laconic, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, rough, rude, short, sincere, snippy, straightforward, tactless, tart, terse, unceremonious, bearish, blustering, breviloquent, plain-spoken, short-spoken, snippety |
| Main Entry: | brusque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curt, surly |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, crusty, discourteous, gruff, hasty, impolite, sharp, short, snappy, snippy, tart, terse, unmannerly |
| Antonyms: | courteous, kind, polite, tactful |
| Main Entry: | compendious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | brief, close, compact, comprehensive, concise, condensed, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, abbreviated, breviloquent, compendiary, contracted, summarized, synoptic |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, unabridged, lengthened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry; in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, cantankerous, captious, choleric, churlish, crabby*, cranky, crotchety*, crusty, disagreeable, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, jumpy, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out*, querulous, quick-tempered, ratty, short, snappy, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, caviling, ill-humored, out of humor, pettish, splenetic, tetchy, vexed |
| Antonyms: | animated, cheerful, happy, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crumbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle |
| Synonyms: | breakable, crisp, crunchy, decayed, deteriorated, fragile, frail, friable, powdery, rotten, short, soft, worn, corroded, degenerated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded, frangible, oxidized, perishing, pulverizable, rotted, rusted, shivery |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, soft |
| Main Entry: | cursory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, hasty |
| Synonyms: | brief, careless, desultory, fast, half-baked*, haphazard, hit or miss*, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical, depthless, half-assed |
| Notes: | cursory means 'superficial'; cursorial is 'pertaining or adapted to running' |
| Antonyms: | complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrupt, rude |
| Synonyms: | blunt, brief, brusque, churlish, compendious, concise, crusty, gruff, imperious, laconic, offhand, peremptory, pithy, sharp, short, short and sweet, snappish, snippy, succinct, summary, tart, terse, unceremonious, uncivil, ungracious, breviloquent, compendiary, snippety |
| Antonyms: | ceremonious, civil, gracious, lengthy, polite |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, meager, rare, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle*, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak, flawed, found wanting, marred, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, scant, third string, unassembled |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ephemeral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | momentary, passing |
| Synonyms: | brief, episodic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, fugitive, impermanent, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile, fugacious, unenduring |
| Antonyms: | enduring, eternal, everlasting, interminable, lasting, long, permanent, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well, weak |
| Synonyms: | defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unsuccessful, vain, wanting, declining, scant, unprosperous, unsufficient, unthriving |
| Antonyms: | healthy, strong, thriving, well, ok, rebounding |
| Main Entry: | few |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardly any |
| Synonyms: | exiguous, imperceptible, inconsequential, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scanty, scarce, scattered, scattering, seldom, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, thin, trifling, uncommon, few and far between, inconsiderable, not many, not too many, scant, scarcely any, semioccasional, straggling, unfrequent, widely spaced |
| Antonyms: | many, much |
| Main Entry: | fleeting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, transient |
| Synonyms: | cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan*, flitting, flying, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile, fugacious |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, permanent, perpetual, long-lived |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fleeing, transient |
| Synonyms: | brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying*, hot*, impermanent, momentary, moving, passing, planetary, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted, avoiding, escaping, evading, fugacious, lamster, on the lam, running away |
| Antonyms: | confronting, facing, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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