/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of shortness Find synonyms for: Noun1. shortness, lengthusage: the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing"2. shortness, lack, deficiency, wantusage: the condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"3. shortness, truncation, lownessusage: the property of being truncated or short4. shortness, duration, lengthusage: the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time"5. shortness, stature, heightusage: the property of being shorter than average stature6. abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness, discourtesy, rudenessusage: an abrupt discourteous mannerWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acerbity Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language