'Shorthand' definitions:
Definition of 'shorthand'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"
noun
A method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy]
Definition of 'Shorthand'
From: GCIDE
- Shorthand \Short"hand`\, n. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shorthand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrowhead,
- autograph,
- autographic,
- brachygraphy,
- calligraphic,
- character,
- chirographic,
- contraction,
- cuneiform,
- cursive,
- demotic character,
- determinative,
- engrossed,
- flowing,
- grammalogue,
- graphic,
- graphoanalytic,
- graphologic,
- graphometric,
- hieratic symbol,
- hieroglyph,
- hieroglyphic,
- hieroglyphics,
- hiragana,
- holograph,
- holographic,
- ideogram,
- ideograph,
- in longhand,
- in shorthand,
- in writing,
- inscribed,
- italic,
- italicized,
- kana,
- katakana,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- longhand,
- manuscript,
- ogham,
- on paper,
- penciled,
- penned,
- phonetic,
- phonetic symbol,
- phonography,
- pictogram,
- pictograph,
- printed,
- radical,
- rune,
- running,
- scriptorial,
- scriptural,
- Speedwriting,
- stenographic,
- stenography,
- stylographic,
- tachygraphic,
- tachygraphy,
- wedge,
- word letter,
- written