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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  short
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  abbreviated, abrupt, brief, brittle, compendious, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, curtailed, deciduous, deficient, diminished, diminutive, ephemeral, epigrammatic, expeditious, friable, fugitive, gnomic, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, laconic, limited, momentaneous, pithy, scanty, sententious, shortened, shy, succinct, summary, terse, transient, transitory, truncated, uncivil, unsupplied
Antonyms:  diffuse, long, prolix
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  short
Part of Speech:  adverb
Definition:  Without any warning.
Synonyms:  abruptly, suddenly
Idioms:  all of a sudden
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  short
Part of Speech:  adverb
Synonyms:  abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, abruptly, brief, briefly, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, crumbling, curt, curtail, deficient, diminutive, hasty, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, lilliputian, little, momentary, petite, rude, scant, scanty, scarce, skimpy, slight, small, spare, squat, stunted, succinct, summary, terse
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  short
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, aphaeresis, apocopation, curtailment, digest, elision, ephemerid, ephemeron, epitome, resume, retrenchment, syncopation, synopsis, transient, truncation
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  short
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  abbreviate, abridge, apocopate, condense, curtail, elide, shorten, syncopate, truncate
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  abrupt
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Rudely unceremonious.
Synonyms:  blunt, brief, brusque, crusty, curt, gruff, short-spoken
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  brief
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Not long in time or duration.
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  brief
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Marked by or consisting of few words that are carefully chosen.
Synonyms:  compendious, concise, laconic, lean, succinct, summary, terse
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  insufficient
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Not enough to meet a demand or requirement.
Synonyms:  deficient, inadequate, scarce, shy, under, wanting
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  quick
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Accomplished in very little time.
Synonyms:  brief, expeditious, fast, flying, hasty, hurried, rapid, speedy, swift

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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