Antonyms of noun shortness

3 of 6 senses of shortness

Sense 1
shortness -- (the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing")
       Antonym of longness (Sense 1)
      => longness -- (the property of being of long spatial extent; "one gene causes shortness and the other causes longness")

Sense 4
shortness -- (the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time")
       Antonym of longness (Sense 2)
      => longness -- (duration as an extension)

Sense 5
shortness -- (the property of being shorter than average stature)
       Antonym of tallness (Sense 2)
      => tallness -- (the property of being taller than average stature)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shortness

6 senses of shortness

Sense 1
shortness -- (the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing")
       => length -- (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; "the length of the table was 5 feet")

Sense 2
shortness -- (the condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath")
       => lack, deficiency, want -- (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost")

Sense 3
shortness, truncation -- (the property of being truncated or short)
       => lowness -- (the quality of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling")

Sense 4
shortness -- (the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time")
       => duration, length -- (continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required")

Sense 5
shortness -- (the property of being shorter than average stature)
       => stature, height -- ((of a standing person) the distance from head to foot)

Sense 6
abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness -- (an abrupt discourteous manner)
       => discourtesy, rudeness -- (a manner that is rude and insulting)

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