contracted

1. 1.

   reduced in size or pulled together

   “the contracted pupils of her eyes”

   Antonymsexpanded

   Similarcontractile

Questions about contracted

What does contracted mean?

contracted means "reduced in size or pulled together".

How many syllables are in contracted?

contracted has 3 syllables: con-trac-ted. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntɹæktəd/.

What is the opposite of contracted?

The recorded antonyms are expanded.

Is contracted a common word?

contracted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.