Thesaurus
:
shorten
T
hesaurus
shorten
English
Verb
Sense: to make shorter
Synonyms
abbreviate
abridge
chop down
chop off
compress
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condense
curt
curtail
lop off
make shorter
pare
prune
reduce in length
shorten
trim
truncate
saw off
Antonyms
extend
lengthen
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Further reading
“
201. shortness
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
shorten
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.