in short

1. 1.

   in a concise manner; in a few words

   “the history is summed up concisely in this book”

   “she replied briefly”

   “briefly, we have a problem”

   “to put it shortly”

   Synonymsconciselybrieflyshortlyin brief

Questions about in short

What does in short mean?

in short means "in a concise manner; in a few words".

What is another word for in short?

Close synonyms include concisely, briefly, shortly, in brief. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in short a common word?

in short is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.