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Synonyms for shorten
ˈʃɔr tnshort·en

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shortenverb

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  2. shortenverb

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  3. shortenverb

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shorten

    Synonyms:
    abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce

    Antonyms:
    continue, defer, delay, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shorten

    Synonyms:
    curtail, lessen, abridge

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shortenverb

    make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

    "He shortened his trip due to illness"

    Synonyms:
    bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

    Synonyms:
    sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  3. shortenverb

    make short or shorter

    "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

    Synonyms:
    bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  4. shortenverb

    become short or shorter

    "In winter, the days shorten"

    Synonyms:
    bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

  5. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenverb

    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

    "bowdlerize a novel"

    Synonyms:
    emasculate, alter, bowdlerise, neuter, reduce, cut, abridge, castrate, spay, contract, foreshorten, demasculinise, expurgate, demasculinize, bowdlerize, abbreviate

    Antonyms:
    lengthen

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. abridging

    to shorten

    i will abridge my name.

    Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shortenverb

    Synonyms:
    abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down

  2. shortenverb

    Synonyms:
    lessen, diminish, reduce

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shortenverb

    Synonyms:
    abridge, abbreviate, curtail, reduce, epitomize, contract, retrench, condense, diminish, limit, restrict, restrain, confine, circumscribe, dock, lop

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "shorten":

    abbreviate, abridge, reduce, curtail, shortened

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#77get
#246take
#280sign
#422press
#604issue
#848edit
#1204contract
#1324cut
#1838skip
#2036reduce
#2110limit
#3048compact
#3889narrow
#4349thin
#4405trend
#4719ignore
#4915burn
#5714curve
#5998trim
#6310slim
#7413alter
#8269sheer
#8412hack
#8648conclude
#9196concentrate
#9347undertake
#12483hurry
#13161shrink
#13461tailor
#13787squeeze
#18414disregard
#19529compress
#21844tighten
#22194slew
#22984shortened
#25048lessen
#26128shorten
#28687dilute
#29637geld
#32728prune
#38212hasten
#40610veer
#41052neuter
#43009rationalize
#43430curtail
#47799spay
#54755subdue
#56041repress
#58771snub
#60459condense
#60871swerve
#66240quash
#82163abbreviate
#94999rationalise
#101576abridge
#108267constrict
#116275subjugate
#167240castrate
#248679emasculate

How to use shorten in a sentence?

  1. Kim Chol Jin:

    You can carry luggage, my wife bought me this to help shorten my commute.

  2. Scott Morrison:

    Under my government, Australia will be stronger. Under Bill Shorten's Labor government, Australia will be weaker.

  3. Gary Bettman:

    We have a fairly large escrow to be made up, and until we do, the cap is basically flat, the increase in value obviously is going to shorten the timeframe that perhaps many had projected when we did the return to play for last season and extended the collective bargaining agreement.

  4. Kate Carnell:

    We don't want him to focus on beating Bill Shorten. we want him to focus on running the country.

  5. Judith Sherman:

    The results, once they are available, they need to be brought back to the health facility and communicated to the mother and while many efforts have been made to shorten each leg of that continuum, we need to do better. Mothers are still waiting up to two months for those test results and that can be a very long period in an HIV positive infant's life.


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