shortlist

Questions about shortlist

What is another word for shortlist?

It depends which shortlist you mean. In the sense “a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen”, the synonyms are short list. Across all 2 senses there are 1 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 shortlist?

WordNet records no antonym for shortlist. 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.

Why are the synonyms for shortlist split into groups?

Because shortlist carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for shortlist 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 shortlist

• Full entry for shortlistAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shortlistWhether 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.