Thesaurus:shorten

Thesaurus:shorten

THESAURUS

shorten

English

Synonyms

• abbreviate

• abridge

• chop down

• chop off

• compress    [WS]

• condense

• curtail

• lop off

• make shorter

• pare

• prune

• reduce in length

• shorten

• trim

• truncate

• saw off

Antonyms

• extend

• lengthen    [WS]

Further reading

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