Synonyms for abbreviation

noun

1. An abbreviated form

   acronym, initialism, contraction, abridgment, shortening, sketch, précis, brief, abstract, curtailment, reduction, abstraction, condensation, outline, summary, elision, short form, clipped form, clipping, abbreviated version; see also abridgment 2, summary.

   Antonyms expansion, enlargement, full form.

2. The act of abbreviating

   reducing, shortening, truncating, reduction, contraction, condensing, abridgment, cutting, clipping, cutting out, cutting down, restriction, constriction, removing, taking out, truncation, editing, censoring, reshaping, pruning, lopping off, paring down, trimming, retrenchment, compression, foreshortening, telescoping, apocope, syncope, elision.

   Antonyms addition*, augmenting, expanding.