Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abbreviate

2 senses of abbreviate

Sense 1
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
       => decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")

Sense 2
abbreviate -- (shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'")
       => reduce -- (make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question")

Antonyms of adj abbreviated

2 senses of abbreviated

Sense 1
abbreviated, brief -- ((of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini")

INDIRECT (VIA short) -> long -- (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long")

Sense 2
abbreviated, shortened, truncated -- (cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation")

INDIRECT (VIA short) -> long -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")

Similarity of adj abbreviated

2 senses of abbreviated

Sense 1
abbreviated, brief -- ((of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini")
       => short (vs. long) -- ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")

Sense 2
abbreviated, shortened, truncated -- (cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation")
       => short (vs. long) -- (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months")