shorter
How many syllables in shorter?
There are 2 syllables in the word shorter.How to pronounce shorter:
Synonyms for shorter:
brief
cursory
fleeting
lightning
little
low
low-lying
low-slung
momentary
quick
short-lived
short-term
slight
small
tiny
Antonyms for shorter:
bigger
greater
higher
huger
lankier
larger
lengthier
loftier
longer
more almighty
more altitudinous
more colossal
more enormous
more gargantuan
more gigantic
more ginormous
more humongous
more humungous
more majestic
more mammoth
more massive
more monumental
more oversize
more sizable
more towering
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- tumult
- chopping
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- glaring
- chitin
- dia
- unfit
- parlour
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- despot
- cellphone
- quotient
- pieces
- needn't
- satire
- neater
- aspect
- smoothest
- ogre
- bursted
- gamut
- equine
- distraught
- Lucien
- crotchet
- carring
- blankly
- scruple
- tasteless
- stopper
- cackling
- denied
- wicket
- shrilly
- virtue
- landmark
- defect
- sightly
- unmoor
- orchard
- nurture
- haggard
- batton
- viewpoint
- merchant
- kindly
- utter
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