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1355 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kəntɹˈakʃən], [ kəntɹˈakʃən], [ k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]
Contractions are shortened forms of words or phrases. They are commonly used in informal writing and speech. There are many synonyms for the term "contraction," including "shortening," "abridgement," "compression," "condensation," and "reduction." Each of these words describes the process of making something smaller or shorter. They can also be used to describe physical or emotional responses, like "cramp," "spasm," or "shrinkage." In literary texts, contractions are often used to create a casual tone or to reflect the patterns of everyday speech. Whatever word you choose to use, contractions can be a useful tool for communication.
Synonyms for Contraction:
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- collocate .
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- compact ,
- constrict ,
- wax and wane .
- mutation ,
- novelties ,
- novelty ,
- transformations ,
- transition ,
- transmogrification ,
- turnover ,
- turnovers ,
- variation ,
- vicissitude .
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- weakenings .
- abbreviatings ,
- compressings ,
- condensings ,
- contractings ,
- cutting downs ,
- de creasing ,
- de-creasing ,
- dietings ,
- diminishings ,
- dis counting ,
- dis-counting ,
- discountings ,
- downsizings ,
- marking downs ,
- paring downs ,
- shrinkings .
- de basement ,
- de basements ,
- de gradation ,
- de gradations ,
- de valuation ,
- de valuations ,
- de-basement ,
- de-basements ,
- de-gradation ,
- de-gradations ,
- de-valuation ,
- de-valuations ,
- over throw ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throws ,
- re bate ,
- re bates ,
- re-bate ,
- sub dual ,
- sub duals ,
- sub traction ,
- sub tractions ,
- sub-dual ,
- sub-duals ,
- sub-traction ,
- sub-tractions ,
- subduals .
- ball chain ,
- excess baggages ,
- grain salt ,
- no no's ,
- no nos ,
- nono ,
- nono's ,
- re striction ,
- re strictions ,
- re-striction ,
- re-strictions ,
- small difficulties .
Other synonyms:
- antonym ,
- argot ,
- back-formation ,
- buzzword ,
- catchword ,
- constriction ,
- false cognate ,
- function word ,
- homograph ,
- homonym ,
- homophone ,
- hypernym ,
- hyponym ,
- loanword ,
- malapropism ,
- monosyllable ,
- nonce word ,
- part of speech ,
- polysyllable ,
- portmanteau word ,
- postmodifier ,
- premodifier ,
- pro-form ,
- spasm ,
- superordinate ,
- synonym ,
- synonymy ,
- variant ,
- weasel word .
- thin .
- change ,
- connective ,
- discourse marker ,
- keyword ,
- legalism ,
- retract ,
- rhyme .
- cognate ,
- derivation .
- substitute .
Other relevant words:
- abate ,
- abbreviate ,
- abdominal delivery ,
- abide ,
- abjuration ,
- abjure ,
- abridge ,
- absorption ,
- abstraction ,
- abstractionist ,
- accept ,
- accouchement ,
- acquit ,
- addition ,
- adhesive friction ,
- adumbrate ,
- ailment ,
- air pressure ,
- akin ,
- alphabetic character ,
- alter ,
- alteration ,
- alternate ,
- alternative ,
- amnio ,
- ancestry ,
- antepartum ,
- anxious ,
- apprehension ,
- arrest ,
- articulate ,
- assiduity ,
- assiduousness ,
- assuagement ,
- assume ,
- astringence ,
- atmospheric pressure ,
- atom ,
- attenuated ,
- august 6 ,
- ax ,
- backdown ,
- backup ,
- backup man ,
- badly ,
- balk ,
- band ,
- bangle ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- base ,
- baseball swing ,
- bauble ,
- baulk ,
- behave ,
- belittle ,
- bible ,
- birthing ,
- birthrate ,
- bit ,
- blackjack ,
- blackmail ,
- bleak ,
- blend ,
- blind gut ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockage ,
- blood relation ,
- blood relative ,
- blood-related ,
- blueprint ,
- book ,
- booyong ,
- bosom ,
- bow ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- bring down ,
- bring on ,
- bringing ,
- brook ,
- brown oak ,
- buck ,
- bundle ,
- burn ,
- burst ,
- butter-flower ,
- buttercup ,
- butterflower ,
- cabbage ,
- caesarean delivery ,
- caesarean section ,
- caesarian ,
- caesarian delivery ,
- caesarian section ,
- calculus ,
- candle ,
- cant ,
- capsulate ,
- capsulise ,
- capsulize ,
- carry ,
- cartoon ,
- carving ,
- catch ,
- catching ,
- cause ,
- cave in ,
- cecum ,
- ceding back ,
- cervix uteri ,
- cesarean ,
- cesarean delivery ,
- cesarean section ,
- cesarian ,
- chalk out ,
- chance variable ,
- changeover ,
- charley-horse ,
- chasteness ,
- check ,
- checkers ,
- chemical compound ,
- childbearing ,
- childbed ,
- chokepoint ,
- choking ,
- chomp ,
- chromosomal mutation ,
- chunk ,
- classy ,
- climb-down ,
- clinch ,
- clinical depression ,
- clip ,
- close ,
- closed-class word ,
- closedown ,
- closeness ,
- closing ,
- cloture ,
- coalescence ,
- coalescency ,
- coalition ,
- coerce ,
- cognate word ,
- cold shoulder ,
- collar ,
- collation ,
- collection ,
- colonial ,
- combine ,
- come ,
- commute ,
- compact car ,
- compactness ,
- compendious ,
- compilation ,
- complaint ,
- comport ,
- compress ,
- concentrate ,
- conciseness ,
- concordat ,
- condense ,
- conduct ,
- congenital abnormality ,
- congenital anomaly ,
- congenital defect ,
- congenital disorder ,
- conglutination ,
- conjunction ,
- conjunctive ,
- connate ,
- connecter ,
- connection ,
- connector ,
- connexion ,
- conquering ,
- conquest ,
- consanguine ,
- consanguineous ,
- constraining ,
- constrictive ,
- constringe ,
- contain ,
- contract bridge ,
- conversation stopper ,
- conversion ,
- convert ,
- convulse ,
- corner ,
- corpuscle ,
- correct ,
- corroding ,
- corrosion ,
- countersign ,
- course of study ,
- covenant ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- cramp iron ,
- crash ,
- crease ,
- credit crunch ,
- crimp ,
- cringe ,
- crinkle ,
- crisp ,
- crock up ,
- crop ,
- crow's feet ,
- crumble ,
- crumple ,
- crunch ,
- crush ,
- cul ,
- curb ,
- curing ,
- curriculum ,
- curtail ,
- curve ,
- cut down ,
- cut of meat ,
- cut off ,
- cutting off ,
- dead end ,
- dead-end street ,
- deadening ,
- death ,
- debilitate ,
- debilitative ,
- decay ,
- declaration ,
- declination ,
- decline in quality ,
- declivity ,
- deduce ,
- deductive reasoning ,
- deepen ,
- dehydration ,
- deletion ,
- delineate ,
- deliver ,
- deliverance ,
- demise ,
- denigrate ,
- denseness ,
- density ,
- department ,
- deport ,
- depress ,
- depressive disorder ,
- deputise ,
- deputize ,
- derive ,
- deriving ,
- derogate ,
- derogation ,
- descent ,
- desiccation ,
- detachment ,
- deterioration ,
- deterrent ,
- diagonal ,
- die away ,
- dilute ,
- discount ,
- discrepancy ,
- discussion ,
- discussion section ,
- disparagement ,
- disregard ,
- dissolve ,
- diving ,
- division ,
- dollar volume ,
- dork ,
- downplay ,
- downsizing ,
- downslope ,
- draft ,
- drainage ,
- drainpipe ,
- draw ,
- draw back ,
- draw in ,
- drawing ,
- dress ,
- drooping ,
- droopy ,
- drop-off ,
- drug withdrawal ,
- drumhead ,
- drying up ,
- dwindling away ,
- ease ,
- ease off ,
- ease up ,
- easement ,
- easiness ,
- eastern standard time ,
- eastern time ,
- eating away ,
- ebb away ,
- ebb down ,
- ebb off ,
- ebb out ,
- eclipsis ,
- economic consumption ,
- economic crisis ,
- edged ,
- edit ,
- edit out ,
- edition ,
- ejection seat ,
- ejector seat ,
- elaboration ,
- emasculated ,
- embarrass ,
- embrace ,
- emergency ,
- employee turnover ,
- encapsulate ,
- encirclement ,
- encumbrance ,
- endure ,
- enervating ,
- enfeeble ,
- enfeebling ,
- engrossment ,
- enlargement ,
- entailment ,
- equivalent word ,
- eroding ,
- ersatz ,
- etymologizing ,
- exception ,
- exchange ,
- excision ,
- exclusion ,
- exigency ,
- expanding upon ,
- expect ,
- expenditure ,
- extort ,
- fade away ,
- faded ,
- fadeout ,
- fading ,
- faint ,
- fall ,
- fall in ,
- fallal ,
- falloff ,
- fertility ,
- fertility rate ,
- filch ,
- filiation ,
- fill in ,
- fill-in ,
- film editing ,
- fit ,
- flash back ,
- flick ,
- flimsy ,
- flinch ,
- flog ,
- flop ,
- fluctuation ,
- force ,
- force per unit area ,
- fore ,
- foreshorten ,
- form ,
- form class ,
- formulate ,
- forswear ,
- founder ,
- fragile ,
- freshness ,
- frown ,
- funk ,
- furrow ,
- gag rule ,
- gain ,
- gash ,
- gaud ,
- geld ,
- gelded ,
- genetic mutation ,
- gestate ,
- get ,
- get down ,
- get in ,
- gewgaw ,
- give ,
- give birth ,
- give voice ,
- give way ,
- give-and-take ,
- giving birth ,
- glower ,
- go down ,
- go far ,
- goldcup ,
- good book ,
- gouge ,
- great depression ,
- grip ,
- growth ,
- guide word ,
- guideword ,
- gulp ,
- hack ,
- hale ,
- halt ,
- halter ,
- hamper ,
- hand ,
- handicap ,
- handwriting ,
- hang ,
- hardening ,
- hasten ,
- haul ,
- have ,
- have a bun in the oven ,
- head-shrinker ,
- heavy ,
- heavyset ,
- heighten ,
- hiatus ,
- hieroglyph ,
- hieroglyphical ,
- higher-up ,
- hinder ,
- hint ,
- hitch ,
- hold ,
- holy scripture ,
- holy writ ,
- honkytonk ,
- hook ,
- hug ,
- ignore ,
- image ,
- immersion ,
- impairment ,
- impasse ,
- impediment ,
- impedimenta ,
- impenetrability ,
- imperativeness ,
- impermeableness ,
- implication ,
- impression ,
- imprint ,
- inauspicious ,
- incision ,
- increment ,
- incumbrance ,
- induct ,
- infarct ,
- infer ,
- ingestion ,
- innate ,
- insect bite ,
- insistence ,
- insistency ,
- intake ,
- integration ,
- intelligence ,
- intensify ,
- interchange ,
- interference ,
- irregularity ,
- issue ,
- jactitate ,
- jargon ,
- jerked meat ,
- jerking ,
- jerky ,
- jolt ,
- jot ,
- keen ,
- kin ,
- kingcup ,
- knickknack ,
- knifelike ,
- knit ,
- knitwork ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- lash ,
- lather ,
- laugh line ,
- law of closure ,
- lean ,
- legal transfer ,
- let down ,
- letter of the alphabet ,
- letting down ,
- liberalisation ,
- liberalization ,
- lift ,
- limitation ,
- limiting ,
- limn ,
- line ,
- lineage ,
- lineation ,
- lingo ,
- liquidity crisis ,
- livery ,
- loan ,
- lockjaw ,
- logos ,
- loosening ,
- lop ,
- lour ,
- low ,
- lower berth ,
- lull ,
- lump ,
- lying-in ,
- magnetic declination ,
- magnetic variation ,
- make ,
- make it ,
- make out ,
- malaprop ,
- manner of speaking ,
- mash ,
- meanness ,
- melt off ,
- metamorphosis ,
- minginess ,
- miniaturisation ,
- minify ,
- minimise ,
- minus ,
- missive ,
- mite ,
- moderation ,
- modification ,
- modify ,
- modulation ,
- moistening ,
- molecule ,
- monosyllabic word ,
- morsel ,
- mote ,
- motto ,
- mown ,
- muscle spasm ,
- mutant ,
- narrow ,
- nascence ,
- nascency ,
- natality ,
- nativity ,
- natural ,
- natural depression ,
- neck opening ,
- news ,
- newspaper clipping ,
- niche ,
- niggardliness ,
- nip ,
- nobble ,
- nonfigurative ,
- nonobjective ,
- nose dive ,
- nosedive ,
- ob ,
- obstacle ,
- obstetrical ,
- obstetrical delivery ,
- obstetrics ,
- obstruct ,
- obstructer ,
- obstructor ,
- occluded front ,
- ominous ,
- onanism ,
- opposite ,
- opposite word ,
- oppression ,
- overturn ,
- pack ,
- pack together ,
- palliation ,
- paradigm ,
- parentage ,
- parole ,
- paroxysm ,
- parsimoniousness ,
- parsimony ,
- part ,
- parturiency ,
- parturition ,
- pass up ,
- passage ,
- passementerie ,
- password ,
- patois ,
- pay ,
- phrase ,
- phthisis ,
- piercing ,
- pilfer ,
- pitch ,
- pithiness ,
- plane section ,
- playscript ,
- plug ,
- plunge ,
- plunk ,
- point ,
- polysyllabic word ,
- poorly ,
- portmanteau ,
- potation ,
- powder compact ,
- power play ,
- precis ,
- press ,
- press clipping ,
- press cutting ,
- pressing ,
- pressure level ,
- pressure sensation ,
- preventative ,
- preventive ,
- price reduction ,
- prick ,
- program ,
- programme ,
- prostration ,
- prototype ,
- prow ,
- prune ,
- psychiatrist ,
- pull ,
- pull back ,
- pulling out ,
- pulmonary tuberculosis ,
- pungency ,
- purloin ,
- purse ,
- put up ,
- quail ,
- raciness ,
- rack ,
- radical ,
- random variable ,
- rarefy ,
- rationalise ,
- rationalize ,
- raw ,
- reabsorption ,
- rear of barrel ,
- rear of tube ,
- recant ,
- recantation ,
- recess ,
- recessional ,
- recoil ,
- recoup ,
- red beech ,
- reduce ,
- reflux ,
- refuse ,
- reject ,
- relaxation behavior ,
- relaxation method ,
- relief ,
- reliever ,
- remission ,
- remittal ,
- replace ,
- replacement ,
- repose ,
- reprieve ,
- rescue ,
- reserve ,
- resile ,
- resolution ,
- respite ,
- rest ,
- restraint ,
- restrict ,
- restricting ,
- resume ,
- rime ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- ruckle ,
- rumple ,
- run out ,
- rush ,
- saving ,
- schema ,
- scheme ,
- scripture ,
- scrunch ,
- scrunch up ,
- seal off ,
- seam ,
- secession ,
- second-stringer ,
- segment ,
- seize with teeth ,
- separatrix ,
- sesquipedalian ,
- set ,
- settle ,
- settlement ,
- settling ,
- shank ,
- sharpen ,
- sharpness ,
- sheer ,
- shibboleth ,
- shift ,
- shoplifting ,
- shorten ,
- shortened ,
- shortness ,
- shove ,
- show-stopper ,
- showstopper ,
- shrink back ,
- shrivel ,
- shrivel up ,
- shutdown ,
- sib ,
- sick ,
- sign ,
- sign on ,
- sign up ,
- silky elm ,
- simmpleness ,
- simple mindedness ,
- simpleness ,
- simplification ,
- sink ,
- skip ,
- slack ,
- slack off ,
- slang ,
- slashed ,
- slender ,
- slenderize ,
- slew ,
- slice ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- slim down ,
- slip ,
- slogan ,
- slue ,
- slump ,
- snack ,
- snarf ,
- sneak ,
- snip ,
- snub ,
- solidifying ,
- solidus ,
- son ,
- soupcon ,
- space capsule ,
- sparse ,
- speck ,
- speech ,
- sport ,
- squash ,
- squeeze play ,
- squelch ,
- squinch ,
- stabbing ,
- stalk ,
- stanch ,
- stand ,
- stand in ,
- stand-in ,
- staunch ,
- stave wood ,
- stem turn ,
- step in ,
- step-up ,
- stick out ,
- stimulate ,
- sting ,
- stinger ,
- stinging ,
- stochastic variable ,
- stocky ,
- stomach ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- stopple ,
- strain ,
- strangle ,
- strangling ,
- strap ,
- stringency ,
- stroke ,
- study ,
- stuff ,
- stultification ,
- stymie ,
- stymy ,
- stypsis ,
- sub ,
- subatomic particle ,
- subdivision ,
- subordinate ,
- subordinate word ,
- subsiding ,
- subtract ,
- succinct ,
- succinctness ,
- suck ,
- sucking ,
- suffer ,
- sullen ,
- sum-up ,
- superior ,
- superordinate word ,
- support ,
- suppression ,
- surgical incision ,
- survey ,
- suspension ,
- swerve ,
- swig ,
- swing ,
- swipe ,
- swish ,
- switch ,
- switch off ,
- swoon ,
- synaeresis ,
- syncopation ,
- synonymity ,
- synonymousness ,
- synthesis ,
- tailor ,
- take ,
- take down ,
- take off ,
- take over ,
- taking into custody ,
- tapered ,
- tautness ,
- tax deduction ,
- tax write-off ,
- tenuous ,
- theme ,
- thick ,
- thickset ,
- thin out ,
- thinly ,
- thinned ,
- thinning ,
- thrash ,
- thrash about ,
- threatening ,
- thresh ,
- thresh about ,
- throttling ,
- thrust ,
- tidings ,
- tightfistedness ,
- tinge ,
- tipple ,
- tocology ,
- tolerate ,
- top ,
- toss ,
- touch ,
- tow ,
- track ,
- transfer ,
- transfiguration day ,
- transmutation ,
- travail ,
- trend ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- trimmed ,
- trinket ,
- trounce ,
- tug ,
- tumble ,
- turmoil ,
- turn down ,
- turn off ,
- turn out ,
- turnover rate ,
- tweak ,
- tweet ,
- twinge ,
- twitch ,
- undercut ,
- understate ,
- undertake ,
- upheaval ,
- upset ,
- uptake ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- use of goods and services ,
- using up ,
- uterine cervix ,
- utility ,
- vaginal birth ,
- vapor ,
- vaporisation ,
- vaporization ,
- vapour ,
- var. ,
- variance ,
- variate ,
- variety ,
- varsity letter ,
- vary ,
- veer ,
- vellicate ,
- vernacular ,
- verse ,
- version ,
- vignette ,
- virgule ,
- wad ,
- waste pipe ,
- wasting ,
- wasting away ,
- wasting disease ,
- watchword ,
- waters ,
- wax light ,
- weakened ,
- wear ,
- wear and tear ,
- wearing ,
- wearing away ,
- wedge ,
- welt ,
- whip ,
- white plague ,
- wick ,
- wince ,
- withdrawal method ,
- wither ,
- withering ,
- withhold ,
- word class ,
- word of god ,
- word of honor ,
- worsen ,
- worsening ,
- wring ,
- write out ,
- yank ,
- yield .
- Abbreviating ,
- Abbreviature ,
- Abridging ,
- Angustation ,
- Brachygraphy ,
- Crasis ,
- Curtailing ,
- Damping ,
- Decurtation ,
- Evaporating ,
- Imperforation ,
- Keddah ,
- Languishment ,
- Lopping ,
- Omitting ,
- Phonography ,
- Puckering ,
- Shrivelling ,
- Tachygraphy ,
- Telescoping ,
- abatement ,
- abridgment ,
- abstract ,
- acronym ,
- alleviation ,
- apocope ,
- aposiopesis ,
- arrowhead ,
- astringency ,
- atrophy ,
- attenuation ,
- blind alley ,
- blind corner ,
- blockade ,
- bottleneck ,
- caecum ,
- capsule ,
- cervix ,
- circumscription ,
- clipping ,
- closure ,
- coarctation ,
- collapse ,
- colloquialism ,
- compendium ,
- compressing ,
- concision ,
- concretion ,
- condensate ,
- condensing ,
- confinement ,
- confining ,
- consolidation ,
- conspectus ,
- constipation ,
- constricting ,
- consumption ,
- contracting ,
- contracture ,
- convulsion ,
- cramp ,
- cul de sac ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cutting ,
- cutting down ,
- dampening ,
- de-escalation ,
- declension ,
- decline ,
- decreasing ,
- decrescence ,
- deduct ,
- deflating ,
- depreciation ,
- depression ,
- devaluation ,
- digest ,
- diminish ,
- diminishing ,
- diminution ,
- drawing together ,
- dwindling ,
- dying ,
- dying off ,
- easing ,
- ebb ,
- ebbing ,
- elision ,
- ellipsis ,
- embolus ,
- epitome ,
- evaporation ,
- extenuation ,
- fade out ,
- falling off ,
- hieroglyphic ,
- hindrance ,
- hourglass ,
- impermeability ,
- imperviousness ,
- infarction ,
- initialism ,
- isthmus ,
- jerk ,
- knitting ,
- labor pain ,
- lessen ,
- lessening ,
- letter ,
- letup ,
- lowering ,
- miniaturization ,
- mitigation ,
- moving backwards ,
- muscle contraction ,
- muscular contraction ,
- narrowing ,
- neck ,
- obstipation ,
- obstruction ,
- occlusion ,
- omission ,
- outline ,
- pinch ,
- pressure ,
- pruning ,
- receding ,
- recession ,
- reducing ,
- relaxation ,
- restriction ,
- retraction ,
- retrenchment ,
- sagging ,
- scaling down ,
- script ,
- shortening ,
- shorthand ,
- shrinking ,
- shutting up ,
- simplicity ,
- slackening ,
- solidification ,
- speedwriting ,
- squeezing ,
- stenography ,
- stopper ,
- strangulation ,
- subsidence ,
- subtraction ,
- summary ,
- syllabus ,
- syncope ,
- syneresis ,
- synopsis ,
- systole ,
- taper ,
- tapering ,
- tapering off ,
- tensing ,
- tic ,
- tightening ,
- traction ,
- transfiguration ,
- transubstantiation ,
- trimming ,
- wane ,
- weakening ,
- withdrawal ,
- withdrawing ,
- word ,
- wrinkle .
- Breviaries ,
- Epilepsies ,
- Subdual ,
- abbreviation ,
- algospasm ,
- astringencies ,
- boildown ,
- breviary ,
- chokings ,
- condensation ,
- constipations ,
- containment ,
- containments ,
- cuttings ,
- decrease ,
- decreasings ,
- downgradings ,
- epilepsy ,
- excess baggage ,
- grain of salt ,
- hang up ,
- hangup ,
- markdown ,
- marking down ,
- no-no ,
- no-no's ,
- paring down ,
- reduction ,
- restrictions ,
- retrenchments ,
- shooting pain ,
- sketch ,
- small difficulty ,
- stenosis ,
- subjection ,
- subjugation ,
- subjugations ,
- tightness .
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How to use "Contraction" in context?
1. The act of contracting or reducing the size, number, or extent of something.
2. The decrease in size, number, or extent of something as a result of being incorporated into or combined with something else.
3. The act of making something smaller, fewer, or of a lesser extent.
4. A decrease in the strength, vigor, or activity of something.
5. The tendency of something to diminish in size or number.
6. The state or condition of being contracted or reduced in size, number, or extent.
Paraphrases for Contraction:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
shrinkage.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
diminution, reduction, shortening, shrinking.
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
constriction.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
austerity, celebration, collapse, commemoration, compression, concentration, constraint, contractile, erosion, retreat, stricture, stringency, challenges, slow-down.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
contract, contracting, contracture, crunch, curtailment, deceleration, decline, decrease, deflation, downsizing, downturn, drop, fall, narrowing, recession, retrenchment, slowdown, slowing, slump, squeeze, tightening, twitch, weakening, meltdown, drawdown.
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Hyponym for Contraction:
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act
diminution, decrease, shortening, reduction, step-down.
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communication
word.
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act
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