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