Synonyms for contraction

noun

1. The act of contracting

   dwindling, shrinking, receding, withdrawing, shriveling, lessening, recession, withdrawal, consumption, condensation, condensing, elision, omission, deflation, evaporation, constriction, abbreviation, abbreviating, decrease, shortening, abridging, compression, narrowing, confinement, curtailment, omitting, deflating, evaporating, decreasing, abridgment, reducing, reduction, shrinkage, curtailing, diminishing, cutting down, drawing together, constricting, squeezing, flexing, tensing, consolidating, consolidation, diminution, lowering, lopping, epitomizing, editing; see also abbreviation 2, reduction 1.

   Antonyms expansion, increase*, extension.

2. A contracted form

   colloquialism, shortening, syncope; see abbreviation 1.