Shortest Synonyms and Antonyms

Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. tersest
  2. leanest
  3. briefest
Antonyms:
  1. longest
  2. largest
  3. lengthiest
Not sufficient to meet a need
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. scantest
  2. shyest
  3. poorest
  4. lightest
  5. scarcest
Antonyms:
  1. thickest
  2. politest
  3. kindest
  4. largest
  5. lengthiest
  6. longest
Rudely unceremonious
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gruffest
  2. curtest
  3. crustiest
  4. briefest
  5. bluntest
Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. briefest
Antonyms:
  1. longest
  2. largest
  3. lengthiest
  4. politest
  5. kindest

Shortest Sentence Examples

  • I took the shortest way through the little park behind the palace.

  • He walked around the front row and squeezed down the shortest route.

  • The longest day is 15 hours and 33 minutes, the shortest 8 hours and 50 minutes.

  • On the i r th of October, when they began their march, the road along the Danube was swept into the river, carrying with it several guns and teams, and hours were consumed in passing the shortest distances.

  • It also affords via Bloemfontein the shortest route (622 m.) between Durban and Kimberley.

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