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PROTRACTS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word protracts. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PROTRACTS

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abbreviates
verbv
verb

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• shorten

abridges
verbv
verb

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• lessen, diminish, or curtail

contracts
nounn
noun

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

verb

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

curtails
verbv
verb

• place restrictions on

• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

decreases
verbv
noun

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

expedites
verbv
verb

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• process fast and efficiently

hastens
verbv
verb

• act at high speed

• move hurridly

• speed up the progress of; facilitate

• cause to occur rapidly

quickens
verbv
verb

• move faster

• make keen or more acute

• give life or energy to

• show signs of life

• give new life or energy to

reduces
verbv
verb

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

shortens
verbv
verb

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• make short or shorter

• become short or shorter

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Alternatives for ABBREVIATES

Alternatives for ABRIDGES

Alternatives for CONTRACTS

Alternatives for CURTAILS

Alternatives for DECREASES

Alternatives for EXPEDITES

Alternatives for HASTENS

Alternatives for QUICKENS

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