Antonyms of verb adduct

1 sense of adduct

Sense 1
adduct -- (draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle")
       Antonym of abduct (Sense 2)
      => abduct -- (pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb adduct

1 sense of adduct

Sense 1
adduct -- (draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle")
       => pull, draw, force -- (cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled")

Similarity of adj adducting

1 sense of adducting

Sense 1
adducent (vs. abducent), adductive, adducting -- (especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part)