Synonyms of shorts

shorts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of short

as in stings

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

charged that the used-car dealer had been shorting customers for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stings
• squeezes
• cheats
• plucks
• hustles
• sticks
• beats
• screws
• tricks
• suckers
• fleeces
• hoses
• does
• cozens
• skins
• rips off
• gaffs
• clips
• shakes down
• fiddles
• bleeds
• stiffs
• exploits
• diddles
• reams
• chisels
• cons
• swindles
• mulcts
• skunks
• chouses
• fools
• nobbles
• shortchanges
• deceives
• rooks
• victimizes
• flimflams
• defrauds
• euchres
• wrenches
• takes to the cleaners
• thimblerigs
• bilks
• does in
• sells a bill of goods to
• takes for a ride
• betrays
• nicks
• milks
• extorts
• overcharges
• gouges
• soaks
• dupes
• gulls
• bitches
• wrings
• wrests
• ropes (in)
• bamboozles
• fast-talks
• double-crosses

shorts

2 of 2

noun

plural of short

1

as in documentaries

Related Words

• documentaries
• films
• features
• movies
• short subjects
• animated cartoons
• featurettes
• cartoons
• pictures
• flicks
• motion pictures
• moving pictures
• docudramas
• silents
• talkies
• B pictures
• flickers
• B movies
• cofeatures

2

as in pants

Related Words

• pants
• undershorts
• underpants
• boxers
• undershirt
• briefs
• boxer shorts
• drawers
• pajamas
• long johns
• union suit
• underdrawers
• nightgown
• underskirt
• nightshirt
• panties
• nightdress
• underwear
• slip
• lingerie
• undies
• undergarments
• scanties
• underclothes
• unmentionables
• underclothing
• pj's

Dissimilar Words

• outerwear

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shorts

Verb

Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke Bach played Daisy Duke, the confident, strong-willed cousin who made itty bitty denim shorts a fashion moment. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026

Diaz’s main character sees the crash of 1929 coming and shorts the entire stock market, so that, when the economy collapses, his private fortune soars. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Keep reading to find the longline shorts your own packing list is missing—every pair is under $100, and prices start at just $19. — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Parsons built such a devoted YouTube following around his Backrooms shorts that A24 and Chernin Entertainment co-financed the film. — Ashlee Difuntorum, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Some of the biggest put-buying was tied to spread strategies used in the YieldMax Short MSTR Option Strategy ETF (WNTR), a fund that shorts Strategy stock while collecting income in put spreads, according to sources familiar with the trading. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 5 June 2026

Pair your black biker shorts with an oversized matching blazer, and give it a sultry effect by layer with a lace top and a pointy-toe kitten heels. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 5 June 2026

That’s certainly true this year, as Newsom’s last budget shorts the state constitution’s mandatory allocation for schools by a few billion dollars, with a promise to make it up later, which drew opposition from school officials throughout the state. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

Kyle Hency started Chubbies in 2011 with three Stanford friends as a fun, weekend‑and‑beer‑vibe shorts brand. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026

Noun

Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days, but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026

All features and series screened to UK audiences for the first time, including 28 world premieres (7 features, 1 series, 19 shorts, 1 immersive), 11 International Premieres (11 features, 1 short), and 20 European Premieres (12 features, 7 shorts, 1 immersive). — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025

Accompanied by a bevy of dancers dressed in camo shorts and white T-shirts and her DJ, their commander of the night turned up the heat with her performance, and while initially wearing a short camo jacket. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025