Traction Synonyms and Antonyms

trăkshən
The act of drawing or pulling a load
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. draft
  2. drag
  3. draw
  4. grip
  5. haul
  6. pull
  7. adhesive friction
Antonyms:
  1. slipperiness
Static friction, as of a wheel on a track or a tire on a road.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. friction
  2. adhesion
  3. stress
  4. power
  5. partial adherence
  6. resistance

Words Related to Traction

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Traction Sentence Examples

  • As she let up, they found traction and the car shot out of the driveway.

  • Traction engines are also largely used.

  • It is served by the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia & Reading and the Lancaster, Oxford & Southern railways, and by tramways of the Conestoga Traction Company, which had in 1909 a mileage of 152 m.

  • Tramways with mechanical traction have developed rapidly.

  • How, then, do they exert this traction?

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