short

modif.

1. Not long in space

   low, skimpy, slight, not tall, not long, undersized, little, abbreviated, dwarfish, stubby, squat, stunted, stocky, diminutive, tiny, small, dwarf, dwarfed, close to the ground, dumpy, chunky, thickset, compact, stumpy*, sawed-off*, runty*, pint-sized*, half-pint*, pocket-sized*.

2. Not long in time

   brief, curtailed, cut short, not protracted, concise, unprolonged, unsustained, laconic, condensed, terse, succinct, pithy, summary, pointed, crisp, precise, bare, abridged, abbreviated, summarized, aphoristic, epigrammatic, compressed, compact, short-term, short-lived, fleeting, quick, hasty; see also fleeting.

3. Inadequate

   deficient, insufficient, niggardly; see inadequate 1.

4. Curt

   abrupt, sharp, short-tempered; see abrupt 2, irritable.

short and brief are opposites of long in their application to duration a short, or brief, interval, although short often implies incompleteness or curtailment short notice, to make short work of it and brief often emphasizes compactness, conciseness, etc. a brief review; short is usually used where spatial extent is referred to a short way from here

fall short

for short

in short