short-handed

Questions about short-handed

What is another word for short-handed?

It depends which short-handed you mean. In the sense “inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.”, the synonyms are short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of short-handed?

WordNet records no antonym for short-handed. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for short-handed come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of short-handed

• Full entry for short-handedAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for short-handedWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.