All contracted synonyms

adjective contracted

• prearranged — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
• linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
• buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
• indentured — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
• tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
• decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
• insular — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
• shrunken — a past participle of shrink.
• synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
• bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
• skintight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
• aforethought — premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
• tenanted — a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
• accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
• deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
• inward-looking — person
• apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
• arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
• responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
• to the point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
• unflexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
• sublet — to sublease.
• compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
• plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
• supple — bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.
• duty-bound — If you say you are duty-bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it.
• reduced — that is or has been reduced.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• obliged — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
• articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
• intended — purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub.
• obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
• creaky — A creaky object creaks when it moves.
• starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
• close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
• steely — consisting or made of steel.
• at the helm — steering a ship
• stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
• slated — a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
• on the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.
• rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
• retained — to keep possession of.
• thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
• spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated