Definition for Contraction:

• The act of contracting, or the state of being contracted.

Synonyms for Contraction:

• n.

  •
  • collocate,
  • cognate,
  • derivation,
  • colloquialism,
  • syncope.
  •
  • constrict,
  • compact,
  • shrink,
  • contract,
  • wax and wane.
  •act (noun)
  • contraction,
  • muscular contraction,
  • muscle contraction.
  •change (noun)
  • novelty,
  • transubstantiation,
  • mutation,
  • variation,
  • novelties,
  • transition,
  • transfiguration,
  • turnover,
  • turnovers,
  • vicissitude,
  • transformations,
  • transmogrification.
  •compression (noun)
  • compression.
  •condensation (noun)
  • boildowns.
  •constriction (noun)
  • stenosises,
  • tightnesses,
  • squeezings.
  •contraction (noun)
  • shrinkage,
  • compaction,
  • deflation,
  • abridgement.
  •convulsion (noun)
  • algospasms,
  • convulsion.
  •cramp (noun)
  • charley horse,
  • charley horses,
  • shooting pains.
  •decrease (noun)
  • decrement,
  • truncation,
  • deduction,
  • Diminishment,
  • erosion,
  • curtailment,
  • concentration,
  • depletion.
  •diminution (noun)
  • de cays,
  • de cay,
  • de-cays,
  • de-cay,
  • weakenings.
  •drawing in; shortening (noun)
  • decreasing,
  • narrowing,
  • Curtailing,
  • Evaporating,
  • recession,
  • Abridging,
  • withdrawal,
  • confining,
  • Omitting,
  • omission,
  • dwindling,
  • abridgment,
  • tensing,
  • Shrivelling,
  • withdrawing,
  • tightening,
  • confinement,
  • receding,
  • deflating,
  • Abbreviating,
  • diminishing,
  • elision,
  • condensing,
  • cutting down,
  • drawing together,
  • shrinking,
  • evaporation,
  • Lopping.
  •epitome (noun)
  • re-capitulations,
  • re capitulations,
  • re-capitulation,
  • re capitulation.
  •reducing (noun)
  • compressings,
  • abbreviatings,
  • discountings,
  • paring downs,
  • marking downs,
  • dis-counting,
  • downsizings,
  • diminishings,
  • shrinkings,
  • de-creasing,
  • dietings,
  • cutting downs,
  • dis counting,
  • condensings,
  • de creasing,
  • contractings.
  •reduction (noun)
  • de valuation,
  • de-gradations,
  • sub-dual,
  • sub dual,
  • over throw,
  • re-bate,
  • over-throws,
  • de gradations,
  • sub traction,
  • de-valuation,
  • de-basement,
  • de basement,
  • sub-traction,
  • sub tractions,
  • re bate,
  • over-throw,
  • de gradation,
  • de-valuations,
  • sub-duals,
  • re bates,
  • de valuations,
  • de-basements,
  • de basements,
  • sub-tractions,
  • subduals,
  • over throws,
  • de-gradation,
  • sub duals.
  •restriction (noun)
  • grain salt,
  • nono's,
  • ball chain,
  • re strictions,
  • excess baggages,
  • no nos,
  • no no's,
  • re striction,
  • small difficulties,
  • re-striction,
  • re-strictions,
  • nono.
  •spasm (noun)
  • out-bursts,
  • out bursts,
  • out-burst,
  • out burst.
  •stricture (noun)
  • strangulations.
  •traction (noun)
  • Suctions,
  • resorption,
  • pullings,
  • suction,
  • draughts,
  • pulling,
  • towage,
  • towages,
  • haulage,
  • haulages,
  • draught.
  •transfiguration (noun)
  • trans-figurations,
  • trans figurations,
  • trans-figuration,
  • trans figuration.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • crowsfoot,
  • crow foot,
  • wrinkle,
  • crowfoot,
  • crow's-foot,
  • crow's foot.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • catchword,
  • malapropism,
  • false cognate,
  • back-formation,
  • function word,
  • homograph,
  • part of speech,
  • argot,
  • hypernym,
  • postmodifier,
  • hyponym,
  • premodifier,
  • pro-form,
  • loanword,
  • buzzword,
  • antonym,
  • homonym,
  • synonym,
  • synonymy,
  • portmanteau word,
  • polysyllable,
  • nonce word,
  • superordinate,
  • monosyllable,
  • weasel word,
  • variant,
  • homophone.
  •
  • rhyme,
  • keyword,
  • legalism,
  • connective,
  • discourse marker,
  • retract.
  •
  • substitute.
  •
  • thin.

Paraphrases for Contraction:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    shrinkage.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reduction, shrinking, diminution, shortening.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    constriction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    challenges, contractile, collapse, compression, celebration, commemoration, concentration, stricture, austerity, stringency, constraint, erosion, retreat, slow-down.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    recession, downturn, contracture, retrenchment, decline, slowdown, decrease, deflation, contract, curtailment, tightening, narrowing, contracting, crunch, downsizing, twitch, slump, drop, squeeze, deceleration, fall, drawdown, slowing, weakening, meltdown.

Antonyms for Contraction:

• n.

  • act
    expansion.
  • drawing in; shortening
    extension, increase, opening, lengthening, amplification, stretch, spread, enlargement, dilation.
  • Other antonyms:
    dispersion, swelling, scattering, dissipation, inflation, distension, decompression.

Contraction Sentence Examples:

• Before a word beginning with a vowel, it is written an; as, an ox, an egg; of which a is the contraction.

• At this name, a terrible contraction of the heart told Sylvia that she was listening to what he said.

Homophones for Contraction:

• counterstain, contract in, counteraction, chondrichthian.

Hypernym for Contraction:

• n.

  • act
    tetanus, uterine contraction, contracture, Braxton-hicks Contraction, vaginismus, false labor.

Hyponym for Contraction:

• n.

  • act
    diminution, decrease, shortening, reduction, step-down.
  • communication
    word.