sawed-off
The word “sawed-off” has 2 syllables: sawed-off
It's pronounced as /ˈsɔːd ˌɔːf/
What is synonym and antonym for sawed-off?
In the thesaurus, “sawed-off” has 49 synonyms and 34 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for sawed-off along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for sawed-off
- bantam
- bitty
- chunky
- close to the ground
- compact
- diminutive
- dinky
- dumpy
- dwarf
- dwarfish
- flat
- half-pint
- little
- low
- low-lying
- low-slung
- mini
- miniature
- minimized
- minute
- petite
- pint-size
- pint-sized
- pocket-size
- pocket-sized
- puny
- pygmy
- runty
- scrubby
- short
- skimpy
- slight
- small
- smallish
- squat
- squatty
- stocky
- stubby
- stumpy
- stunted
- teeny
- teeny-weeny
- thick
- thickset
- tiny
- undersize
- undersized
- wee
Antonyms for sawed-off
- altitudinous
- big
- bulky
- elevated
- enormous
- enough
- gangling
- gangly
- hefty
- high
- high-rise
- huge
- hulking
- lanky
- large
- largish
- lengthy
- lifted
- lofty
- long
- outsize
- outsized
- oversize
- oversized
- raised
- rangy
- sizable
- sizeable
- statuesque
- tall
- towering
- uplifted
- upswept
- voluminous
Meanings of sawed-off
- noun
- A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
- adjective
- Shortened by sawing.
- Short (as though something that should be there isn't).
Example Sentences
- The robber was caught carrying a sawed-off shotgun.
- He modified the rifle into a sawed-off version for easier concealment.
- The detective found a sawed-off weapon hidden under the suspect’s coat.
- Using a sawed-off shotgun made it easier for the criminals to move quickly.
- The police confiscated a sawed-off firearm during the raid.
On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sawed-off, such as: altitudinous, bantam, big, bitty, bulky, chunky, close to the ground.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
abbreviated
- abated
- abridged
- abrupt
- abstracted
- aphoristic
- bare
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brief
- chunky
- close
- close to the ground
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- comprehensive
- compressed
- concentrated
- concise
- condensed
- constricted
- contracted
- crisp
- curt
- curtailed
- curtate
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cut short
- cut to the bone
- cut-back
- de-escalated
- decreased
- decurtate
- deflated
- digested
- diminished
- diminutive
- docked
- downsized
- dwindled
- economized
- elided
- encapsulated
- ephemeral
- epigrammatic
- epitomized
- fast
- fleeting
- impermanent
- in a nutshell
- inclusive
- laconic
- lessened
- little
- low
- lowered
- miniaturized
- moderated
- modified
- momentary
- not protracted
- pared
- petite
- pint-sized
- pithy
- pocket-sized
- precise
- pruned
- recapitulated
- reduced
- retrenched
- runty
- sawed-off
- scaled-down
- sententious
- short
- short and sweet
- short-lived
- short-range
- short-term
- shortened
- shortish
- shrank
- shrunk
- skimpy
- slashed
- slight
- small
- squat
- squatty
- stocky
- stubby
- stunted
- subtracted
- succinct
- sudden
- summarized
- summary
- summed up
- syncopated
- synoptic
- tapered
- terse
- thick
- thickset
- tiny
- to the point
- transient
- transitory
- trimmed
- truncated
- undersized
- unprolonged
- unsustained
- wee