Synonyms for shortness
short·ness

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1. shortness

   Synonyms:
   brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shortnessnoun

   the property of being of short spatial extent

   "the shortness of the Channel crossing"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

2. shortnessnoun

   the condition of being short of something

   "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

3. shortness, truncationnoun

   the property of being truncated or short

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   tallness, longness

4. shortnessnoun

   the property of being of short temporal extent

   "the shortness of air travel time"

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

5. shortnessnoun

   the property of being shorter than average stature

   Synonyms:
   brusqueness, abruptness, truncation, gruffness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

6. abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortnessnoun

   an abrupt discourteous manner

   Synonyms:
   steepness, gruffness, suddenness, precipitance, precipitousness, abruptness, precipitateness, truncation, precipitancy, brusqueness, hoarseness, huskiness, curtness

   Antonyms:
   longness, tallness

Matched Categories

1. • Discourtesy
   • Duration
   • Lack
   • Length
   • Stature

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1. shortnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   brevity, briefness, conciseness, laconism, inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage, deficit

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1. List of paraphrases for "shortness":

   dyspnea, brevity

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1. Susan Matt:

   Not all homesickness was necessarily going to kill you, but if you had a really acute case, it would qualify as nostalgia, there are lots of different sets of overlapping descriptions : a shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, dysentery, fever, problems with the lungs. Or it was feeling an acute yearning, and then your body would start to close down.

2. Alison Hedervary:

   I don’t have any more shortness of breath. I basically live a normal life, i don’t even think about having this disease whereas before I would worry about my breathing getting worse, but as Dr. Parambil has told me, ‘You can do anything you want to do,’ and I have.

3. Joe Allen:

   You see a slow onset of some symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath or coughing, this is a disease that is irreversible, often requiring a lung transplant.

4. David Garrick:

   Here lies poet Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll, Who wrote like an Angel, but talked like poor Poll

5. Van Kerkhove:

   They're not quote-unquote Covid symptoms -- meaning they may not have developed fever yet, they may not have had a significant cough, or they may not have shortness of breath -- but some may have mild disease.