Synonyms for short

adjective

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• marked by rude or peremptory shortness
• low in stature; not tall
• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
• lacking foresight or scope
• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

verb

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money
• create a short circuit in

adverb

• at a disadvantage
• quickly and without warning
• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

noun

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed