Thesaurus:come short

Thesaurus

come short

English

Verb

Sense: to be worse than

Synonyms

• come short
• fall short (idiomatic)
• play second fiddle (idiomatic)
• suck (chiefly US, slang)
• sux0r (Internet slang)
• take a back seat (idiomatic)
• undermatch
• want

Antonyms

• exceed    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• be unequal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “34. inferiority” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “fall short” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• “want” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.