Thesaurus:come short

Thesaurus:come short

THESAURUS

come short

English

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    [WS]

Hypernyms

• be unequal    [WS]

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.