abbreviation synonyms

abbreviation

n.

  1. An abbreviated form

    acronym, initialism, contraction, abridgment, shortening, sketch, précis, brief, abstract, curtailment, reduction, abstraction, condensation, outline, summary, elision, short form, clipped form, clipping, abbreviated version; see also abridgment 2, summary.

    Antonyms expansion, enlargement, full form.

  2. The act of abbreviating

    reducing, shortening, truncating, reduction, contraction, condensing, abridgment, cutting, clipping, cutting out, cutting down, restriction, constriction, removing, taking out, truncation, editing, censoring, reshaping, pruning, lopping off, paring down, trimming, retrenchment, compression, foreshortening, telescoping, apocope, syncope, elision.

    Antonyms addition*, augmenting, expanding.

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