Synonyms for contractions
- decrease
- deflation
- recession
- reduction
- shrinkage
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- compression
- condensation
- condensing
- confinement
- constriction
- curtailment
- diminution
- dwindling
- elision
- evaporation
- lessening
- narrowing
- omission
- receding
- reducing
- shrinking
- tightening
- withdrawal
- abbreviating
- abridging
- confining
- curtailing
- cutting down
- decreasing
- deflating
- diminishing
- drawing together
- evaporating
- lopping
- omitting
- shrivelling
- tensing
- withdrawing
Antonyms for contractions
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR CONTRACTIONS
Dialect spellings, contractions and discrepancies have been retained.
Contractions (such as atq; for atque) have not been expanded.
Spacing for contractions has been retained to match the original 1901 text.
Dialect spellings, contractions, and discrepancies have been retained.
You do not consciously direct the muscles in their contractions.
More than this, these contractions cannot usually be inhibited.
These air-tubes are emptied and filled by the contractions of the walls of the abdomen.
Inconsistent spelling of contractions in the original text has been retained.
Dialect spellings, contractions and inconsistencies have been retained as printed.
Only use abbreviations or contractions for certain accepted words.