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shorter^¹

/ˈʃɔːtə/ UK
/ˈʃɔɹtɚ/ Canada, US
[ˈʃɔɹɾɚ] Canada, US
/ˈʃoːtə/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈʃoːɾə] Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

adjective

comparative comparative form of short: more short. There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one.

noun shorters

colloquial A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
UK, obsolete, slang One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins. My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]

Shorter^²

proper noun Shorters

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: briefer, soon, more, brief, narrower, court, faster, lower, less, lesser, minor, juvenile, none, tighter, shortening, fewer

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Chicago

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@misc{shorter_2026,
  title = {shorter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shorter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}