Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contusion

2 senses of contusion

Sense 1
bruise, contusion -- (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma -- (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Sense 2
contusion -- (the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion")
       => hit, hitting, striking -- (the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit")