What is another word for contracted?

Pronunciation: [kəntɹˈaktɪd] (IPA)

Contracted is a word used to describe something that has become smaller, tighter or restricted in size or scope. Synonyms that can be used to describe a contracted object or concept include shrunken, reduced, minimized, condensed, narrowed, constricted, compressed, abbreviated, diminutive and shorthanded. These synonyms all indicate a process of reduction and compression, albeit with slightly different connotations. For example, shrunken may imply an irreversible loss of size, while constricted suggests external limitations. Regardless of which synonym is used, they all indicate a reduction or restriction from a previous state, and can be used to describe physical objects, spaces, or abstract concepts like budgets or contracts.

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What are the opposite words for contracted?

The antonyms for the word "contracted" are expanded, enlarged, spread out and extended. These words suggest a sense of growth and expansion, in contrast to the reduction and limitation implied by the term "contracted". Expanded refers to something that has increased in size or scope, while enlarged suggests a similar idea of growth, but with a focus on the physical dimensions. Spread out implies a wider distribution or dispersion of something, while extended carries the connotation of a greater reach or duration. Using antonyms in writing can help to add depth and nuance to your descriptions and make your language more interesting to readers.

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Usage examples for Contracted

The Elder felt her scrutiny and looked back at her, and his brows contracted into a frown of severity.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Their pleasure was expressed by an extra twist of the friendly tails and an extra note of gladness from long-contracted stomachs.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
We were rich now and could afford to spread out our stomachs, contracted by long spells of famine.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

Famous quotes with Contracted

  • Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
    Jack Henry Abbott
  • Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
    Joseph Addison
  • In just the same way the thousands of successive positions of a runner are contracted into one sole symbolic attitude, which our eye perceives, which art reproduces, and which becomes for everyone the image of a man who runs.
    Henri Bergson
  • In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Most of the doctors in the Tunisian administration, especially those in country districts, contracted typhus and approximately one third of them died of it.
    Charles Jules Henry Nicole

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