Thesaurus:shorten

Thesaurus

shorten

English

Verb

Sense: to make shorter

Synonyms

• abbreviate
• abridge
• chop down
• chop off
• compress    [⇒ thesaurus]
• condense
• curt
• curtail
• lop off
• make shorter
• pare
• prune
• reduce in length
• shorten
• trim
• truncate
• saw off

Antonyms

• extend
• lengthen    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “201. shortness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “shorten” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.