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

2 senses of shorts

Sense 1
short pants, shorts, trunks -- (trousers that end at or above the knee)
       => trouser, pant -- ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers")

Sense 2
drawers, underdrawers, shorts, boxers, boxershorts -- (underpants worn by men)
       => underpants -- (an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin)

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

3 senses of short

Sense 1
short -- (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed)
       => tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel -- (an extended area of land)

Sense 2
short circuit, short -- (accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference)
       => contact, tangency -- ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts")

Sense 3
shortstop, short -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base)
       => position -- ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?")

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

2 senses of short

Sense 1
short-change, short -- (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)
       => victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con -- (deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change")

Sense 2
short-circuit, short -- (create a short circuit in)
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")