Synonyms for shorten
ˈʃɔr tnshort·en

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1. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

2. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

3. shortenverb

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

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1. shorten

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce

   Antonyms:
   continue, defer, delay, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract

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1. shorten

   Synonyms:
   curtail, lessen, abridge

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1. shortenverb

   make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

   "He shortened his trip due to illness"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

2. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

   reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

   "The manuscript must be shortened"

   Synonyms:
   sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

3. shortenverb

   make short or shorter

   "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

4. shortenverb

   become short or shorter

   "In winter, the days shorten"

   Synonyms:
   bowdlerize, expurgate, abbreviate, castrate, cut, contract, abridge, reduce, foreshorten, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

5. bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shortenverb

   edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

   "bowdlerize a novel"

   Synonyms:
   emasculate, alter, bowdlerise, neuter, reduce, cut, abridge, castrate, spay, contract, foreshorten, demasculinise, expurgate, demasculinize, bowdlerize, abbreviate

   Antonyms:
   lengthen

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Cut
   • Decrease
   • Reduce

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1. abridging

   to shorten

   i will abridge my name.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 28, 2020  

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1. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down

2. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, reduce

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1. shortenverb

   Synonyms:
   abridge, abbreviate, curtail, reduce, epitomize, contract, retrench, condense, diminish, limit, restrict, restrain, confine, circumscribe, dock, lop

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1. List of paraphrases for "shorten":

   abbreviate, abridge, reduce, curtail, shortened

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How to use shorten in a sentence?

1. George Madhavan:

   That means that ideally, we don't sell you water. We rent you water. We take it back, we clean it. We're like a laundry service. Then you can multiply your supply of water many, many times, the water that you drink today is the same water that dinosaurs drank. We don't create or destroy water. It just goes around. So we are using engineering to shorten the loop.

2. Kate Carnell:

   We don't want him to focus on beating Bill Shorten. we want him to focus on running the country.

3. Erin Dunbar:

   This is an unbelievably tender topic to talk about with our patients because when someone is diagnosed with a glioblastoma, it is a tremendous left turn in their life. They have been told they have a highly aggressive, incurable tumor that will undoubtedly shorten their life, barring a miracle.

4. Petro Poroshenko:

   Due to the complication of the situation, the President decided to shorten his visit to Switzerland and ... return to Ukraine on (Wednesday).

5. Lech Walesa:

   One should think about organizing (ourselves), press for a referendum, show in a referendum that two third are against such rule and shorten (parliament's) term.