short
adj
1 abridged, brief, clipped, compendious, compressed, concise, curtailed, laconic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, terse
2 diminutive, dumpy, fubsy (archaic or dialect) knee high to a gnat, knee high to a grasshopper, little, low, petite, small, squat, wee
3 brief, fleeting, momentary, short-lived, short-term
4 (often with)
of deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, limited, low (on), meagre, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed, slender, slim, sparse, strapped (for) (slang) tight, wanting
5 abrupt, blunt, brusque, crusty, curt, discourteous, gruff, impolite, offhand, sharp, terse, testy, uncivil
7 (of pastry) brittle, crisp, crumbly, friable
adv
8 abruptly, by surprise, suddenly, unaware, without warning
9 cut short abbreviate, arrest, butt in, curtail, cut in on, dock, halt, interrupt, nip (something) in the bud, reduce, stop, terminate
10 fall short be inadequate, disappoint, fail, fall down on (informal) not come up to expectations or scratch (informal)
11 in short briefly, in a nutshell, in a word, in essence, to come to the point, to cut a long story short, to put it briefly
a apart from, except, other than, unless
b deficient in, in need of, lacking, low (on), missing, wanting
Antonyms
, adj
1 diffuse, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, long-winded, prolonged, rambling, unabridged, verbose, wordy
2 big, high, lanky, lofty, tall
3 extended, long, long-term
4 abundant, adequate, ample, bountiful, copious, inexhaustible, plentiful, sufficient, well-stocked
5 civil, courteous, polite
adv
8 bit by bit, gently, gradually, little by little, slowly