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1 antonym
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1. contraction (Noun)

41 synonym
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. abatement 0.54 9 letters 37 synonyms
2. abbreviation 1.38 12 letters 21 synonym
3. abridgement 0.09 11 letters 8 synonyms
4. abstract 13.8 8 letters 135 synonyms
5. abstraction 2 11 letters 36 synonyms
6. binding 13.8 7 letters 80 synonyms
7. colloquialism 0.11 13 letters 14 synonyms
8. compendium 1.12 10 letters 27 synonyms
9. compression 6.61 11 letters 12 synonyms
10. condensation 1.32 12 letters 62 synonyms
11. constriction 0.37 12 letters 14 synonyms
12. decline 25.1 7 letters 170 synonyms
13. decrease 14.8 8 letters 139 synonyms
14. digest 5.13 6 letters 93 synonyms
15. diminishing 2.4 11 letters 28 synonyms
16. dwindling 1.23 9 letters 25 synonyms
17. fold 12 4 letters 75 synonyms
18. gather 17.4 6 letters 149 synonyms
19. lessening 0.6 9 letters 32 synonyms
20. loweringen.synonym.one 6.03 8 letters 46 synonyms
21. muscle contraction 2.61 17 letters 2 synonyms
22. muscular contraction 1.78 19 letters 2 synonyms
23. narrowing 1.78 9 letters 20 synonyms
24. outline 8.32 7 letters 136 synonyms
25. plait 0.26 5 letters 49 synonyms
26. précis 0.07 6 letters 19 synonyms
27. pucker 0.33 6 letters 28 synonyms
28. receding 0.93 8 letters 23 synonyms
29. reducing 22.9 8 letters 58 synonyms
30. reduction 24.5 9 letters 70 synonyms
31. remission 1.55 9 letters 50 synonyms
32. shortening 1.41 10 letters 17 synonyms
33. shrinkage 0.78 9 letters 15 synonyms
34. shrinking 2.75 9 letters 53 synonyms
35. slack 5.13 5 letters 113 synonyms
36. squeezing 2.34 9 letters 38 synonyms
37. strangling 0.72 10 letters 28 synonyms
38. summary 23.4 7 letters 83 synonyms
39. synopsis 2.4 8 letters 45 synonyms
40. tightness 0.91 9 letters 23 synonyms
41. tuck 3.55 4 letters 20 synonyms
1 antonym
# Word Number of letters Number of antonyms
1. expansion 9 letters 1 antonym
5 definitions
contraction (Noun) —   (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fibre)
contraction (Noun) —   The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together 1 example
1. ex. "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
contraction (Noun) —   A word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds 2 examples
1. ex. "'won't' is a contraction of 'will not'"
2. ex. "'o'clock' is a contraction of 'of the clock'"
contraction (Noun) —   The act of decreasing (something) in size, volume, quantity or scope
contraction (Noun) —   (economics) a period of economic decline or negative growth 1 example
1. ex. "The country's economic contraction was caused by high oil prices"
8 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. decrease 8 letters 139 synonyms
2. diminution 10 letters 21 synonym
3. reduction 9 letters 70 synonyms
4. shortening 10 letters 17 synonyms
5. shrinkage 9 letters 15 synonyms
6. shrinking 9 letters 53 synonyms
7. step-down 8 letters 8 synonyms
8. word 4 letters 79 synonyms
9 types
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. braxton-hicks contraction 23 letters 2 synonyms
2. coarctation 11 letters 1 synonym
3. constriction 12 letters 14 synonyms
4. contracture 11 letters 0 synonyms
5. false labor 10 letters 2 synonyms
6. false labour 11 letters 2 synonyms
7. tetanus 7 letters 1 synonym
8. uterine contraction 18 letters 0 synonyms
9. vaginismus 10 letters 0 synonyms
12 misspelling
ccontracction comtractiom conntractionn contraaction contractiion contractio contractoin contrraction conttracttion coontractioon kontraktion ontraction
All synonyms in one line
abatement, abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, abstraction, en.synonym.one, binding, colloquialism, compendium, compression, condensation, constriction, decline, decrease, digest, diminishing, dwindling, fold, gather, lessening, lowering, muscle contraction, muscular contraction, narrowing, outline, plait, en.synonym.one, précis, pucker, receding, reducing, reduction, remission, shortening, shrinkage, shrinking, slack, squeezing, strangling, summary, synopsis, tightness, tuck.
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