Synonyms for stretching
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act by which something is stretched.
Related words
- Phrases
- time stretching
Forms
- Plural
- stretchings → tensions, extensions, distensions, prolongations…
Example sentences
- extension Do you have an extension cord that I could borrow?
- tension There was a lot of tension between Layla and Sami.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stretching | rising | |
| extension | falling | |
| tension | steady | |
| distension | steady | |
| pandiculation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- tension2
- 9 letters
- extension3
- 10 letters
- distension
- 12 letters
- prolongation
- 13 letters
- pandiculation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tension2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- étirement
- Italiano
- stiramento