/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of short selling Find synonyms for: Noun1. short sale, short selling, tradingusage: sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: eccentric Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language