Shorter

What do we mean by shorter?

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Having little duration.

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

(of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

Undiluted; neat.

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Words that are spelled similarly to shorter:
shorter, shooter, shorten, sorter, snorter, shorted, sporter, shorer, shouter, horter.

Words that rhyme with shorter:
quarter, mortar, porter, reporter, supporter, headquarter, transporter, exporter, importer, sorter, puerto, hindquarter, snorter, morter, bricks and mortar, trench mortar, last quarter, thwarter, courter, first quarter, night porter, draw and quarter, latin quarter, hall porter, horter, pullman porter, athletic supporter, every quarter, tv reporter, corter, wool sorter, gorter, mcwhorter, television reporter, abort her, airporter, athwart her, contort her, court her, deport her, distort her, escort her, exhort her, fourthquarter, import her, por ter, port her, report her, short her, sort her, sortor, support her, thirdquarter, thwart her, transport her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shorter:
none, late, dear, old, saxophonist, much, longer, olympic, beautiful, older, courtesy, proportional, nearby, medical, 1650-1702.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shorter:
distance, time, period, periods, hours, duration, wavelengths, times, length, version, ones, intervals, route, life, lengths, distances, poems, form, wavelength, pieces, term, span, day, interval, week, lines, line, works, course, sentences, cycles, range, waves, lives, terms, one, spans, path, durations, legs, road, courses, stays, stay, chains, season, sides, cycle, list, arm, space, expectancy, trips, stories, cut, tail, routes, leg, scale, text, segments, survival, runs, versions, piece, articles, account, run, frame, workday, scales, latency, supply, workweek, pulses, hair, notice, ranges, maturities, tube, sections, lifetime, axis, latencies, fiction, sessions, fibers, notes.

Consonant match to shorter:
shorty, shortie, share tea, shor t, short a, short e, short he, short her, short o, short t, short te, sure t.

Words that sound like shorter:
shorter, short, shorty, charter, shortie, shortt, short hair, shorer, short i, short term, sorter, horter, shouter, shahriar, chartreux, shorts, shatter, shooter, shutter, shitter, tartar, sharer, shearer, tarter, surer, harter, shored, tartare, shetter, scheerer, sartor, scherer, sheerer, sheeter, shortz, schutter, shirer, chuter, scherrer, sherrer, quarter, porter, mortar, hoarder, morter, horder, warder, puerto, courter, jort, corter, gorter, dorter, sworder, shard, shards, sharper, showered, sharda, shardy, sharker, schartz, chanteur, shower door, schlueter, schwert, harder, chart, carter, martyr, garter, larder, marter, farter, parter, chartered, darter, charters, jotter, karter, schecter, schechter, scherzer, schor, schorr, charte, charta, chartier, schorsch, schachter, schlatter, schreier, scheider, schrier, schroer, schroeter, schreyer, schnorrer, scheurer, charterer.