shorthand

shorthand is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.
2. noun. a method of writing rapidly

   Synonyms: stenography, tachygraphy

3. adjective. written in abbreviated or symbolic form

   "shorthand notes"

Synonyms

stenography, tachygraphy

Common word forms

shorthands, shorthanded, shorthander

Words from these letters

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