Contracting

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:21 pts11 letters

Definition of Contracting

verb

To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
"The snail's body contracted into its shell."
(grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
"The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."
To enter into a contract with.
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
"to contract for carrying the mail"

noun

The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
"the contractings of his muscles"
Work done on a contract basis.

adjective

Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.

Anagrams of Contracting

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "contracting":

10-LETTER WORDS

9-LETTER WORDS

attorning cartoning nontragic

8-LETTER WORDS

coacting contract cratonic ignorant narcotic notating rotating traction trancing

7-LETTER WORDS

acronic acrotic actinon argotic atoning canonic canting carotin carting catting citator coating contact contain corning+16 more

6-LETTER WORDS

acting action agonic anoint anting aortic

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "contracting" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

CO...Words starting with "co"...NGWords ending with "ng"All 11-letter words Unscramble "contracting"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

catchgetabatedecreaselessenreduceshortenshrink

ANTONYMS

expandincreasegrowlengthen

Rhyming Words

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