Home › Words › S › shortcodeshortcodeshortcode means A special short telephone number for an SMS or MMS service, designed to be easier to remember.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shortcode ranks #29,151 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom short + code.nounA special short telephone number for an SMS or MMS service, designed to be easier to remember.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.code 58% match — A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents. vs shortcode →subcode 54% match — A code making up part of a larger code. vs shortcode →codesheet 49% match — A document listing codes and their meanings. vs shortcode →semacode 48% match — A machine-readable two-dimensional barcode used primarily to code website addresses. vs shortcode →codelist 48% match — A list of codes. vs shortcode →slashtag 47% match — A tag in a posted message, starting with the / symbol and serving as a keyword to specify a topic or metadata. vs shortcode →spim 47% match — Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones. vs shortcode →cashtag 47% match — A kind of hashtag, conventionally preceded by a dollar sign ($), that links to a stock quote. vs shortcode →