contractions
Definition
noun. 1 a shortening or tensing of a part or organ especially of a muscle or muscle fiber; 2 a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
Example Sentence
Can't and won't are both contractions.
Synonyms
shortening; tensing; drawing in; shortened word
Antonyms
expansion
Rhymes
- action's
- actions
- factions
- fractions
- abstractions
- attractions
- contractions
- distractions
- exactions
- extractions
- infractions
- reactions
- transaction's
- transactions
- interactions
- satisfactions