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.
  •limit (noun)
  • restriction.
  •muscle spasm (noun)
  • cramp.
  •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)
  • crow's foot,
  • crowfoot,
  • crow foot,
  • crowsfoot,
  • 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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • closure,
  • stenography,
  • conspectus,
  • ellipsis,
  • syllabus,
  • obstipation,
  • diminish,
  • circumscription,
  • subsidence,
  • acronym,
  • dampening,
  • concision,
  • aposiopesis,
  • compendium,
  • dying off,
  • consolidation,
  • cutting,
  • solidification,
  • clipping,
  • embolus,
  • shutting up,
  • jerk,
  • constricting,
  • condensate,
  • de-escalation,
  • attenuation,
  • decrescence,
  • relaxation,
  • outline,
  • easing,
  • digest,
  • Phonography,
  • Languishment,
  • Telescoping,
  • wrinkle,
  • arrowhead,
  • depression,
  • tapering off,
  • abstract,
  • trimming,
  • imperviousness,
  • Crasis,
  • abatement,
  • Tachygraphy,
  • pressure,
  • dying,
  • ebbing,
  • decline,
  • letup,
  • lessen,
  • hourglass,
  • falling off,
  • deduct,
  • shorthand,
  • blind alley,
  • squeezing,
  • taper,
  • hieroglyphic,
  • mitigation,
  • miniaturization,
  • Brachygraphy,
  • collapse,
  • Puckering,
  • atrophy,
  • stopper,
  • contracting,
  • lowering,
  • alleviation,
  • synopsis,
  • obstruction,
  • cul de sac,
  • apocope,
  • tapering,
  • retraction,
  • impermeability,
  • Imperforation,
  • script,
  • wane,
  • slackening,
  • speedwriting,
  • depreciation,
  • neck,
  • simplicity,
  • bottleneck,
  • cervix,
  • cut back,
  • scaling down,
  • occlusion,
  • infarction,
  • Angustation,
  • declension,
  • Keddah,
  • summary,
  • labor pain,
  • concretion,
  • moving backwards,
  • extenuation,
  • consumption,
  • ebb,
  • blind corner,
  • hindrance,
  • isthmus,
  • Abbreviature,
  • coarctation,
  • devaluation,
  • word,
  • caecum,
  • weakening,
  • letter,
  • fade out,
  • blockade,
  • contracture,
  • sagging,
  • knitting,
  • Damping,
  • Decurtation,
  • initialism,
  • capsule,
  • compressing,
  • pruning,
  • cut,
  • syneresis,
  • systole.

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.

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.