shortness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property of being of short spatial extent
the shortness of the Channel crossing
Types & categories
- length hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the condition of being short of something
there was no shortness of money
Types & categories
- deficiency hypernym
Related & opposite
- forgetful derivation
- inadequate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the property of being truncated or short
Types & categories
- lowness hypernym
Related & opposite
- short derivation
Sense 4 noun
the property of being of short temporal extent
the shortness of air travel time
Types & categories
- length hypernym
- curtailment hyponym
- briefness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the property of being shorter than average stature
Types & categories
- stature hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
an abrupt discourteous manner
Types & categories
- rudeness hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | longness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | length |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forgetful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deficiency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | lowness |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | longness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | length |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | curtailment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | briefness |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | tallness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stature |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | abrupt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | curt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | gruff |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | rudeness |