| short(adjective, lower, reduced, relieved, abridged) |
| brief(lower, short, unsustained) |
| instantaneous |
| abbreviate(short, precise, abbreviated, shortened, short-lived) |
| abbreviated(lower, short, precise, shortened, unsustained) |
| boiled down(expression, lower, short, reduced, relieved) |
| breviloquent(lower, short, precise, reduced, shortened) |
| compact |
| compendiary(lower, short, precise, reduced, shortened) |
| compendious |
| concise |
| curt |
| curtailed(lower, short, precise, abbreviated, shortened) |
| cut to bone(expression, idiom, lower, short, reduced) |
| cut to the bone(expression, idiom, lower, short, precise) |
| decreased(lower, short, precise, reduced, abbreviated) |
| decurtate(lower, short, precise, reduced, abbreviated) |
| diminished(lower, short, precise, relieved, abbreviated) |
| in a nutshell(expression, idiom, lower, short, precise) |
| lessened(lower, short, precise, relieved, abbreviated) |