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Synonyms for contract
n., adj., and usu. for v. 16–18, 22, 23 ˈkɒn trækt; otherwise v. kənˈtræktcon·tract

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contract

    All these words involve at least two parties, tho an engagement or promise may be the act of but one. A contract is a formal agreement between two or more parties for the doing or leaving undone some specified act or acts, and is ordinarily in writing. Mutual promises may have the force of a contract. A consideration, or compensation, is essential to convert an agreement into a contract. A contract may be oral or written. A covenant in law is a written contract under seal. Covenant is frequent in religious usage, as contract is in law and business. Compact is essentially the same as contract, but is applied to international agreements, treaties, etc. A bargain is a mutual agreement for an exchange of values, without the formality of a contract. A stipulation is a single item in an agreement or contract. A cartel is a military agreement for the exchange of prisoners or the like.

    Synonyms:
    agreement, arrangement, bargain, cartel, compact, covenant, engagement, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    abridge, abbreviate, narrow, lessen, reduce, compress, decrease, retrench, curtail, form, agree

    Antonyms:
    expand, amplify, dilate, elongate, reverse, cancel, abandon

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. contractnoun

    a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

    Synonyms:
    declaration, contract bridge

    Antonyms:
    dilate, flesh out, expand, enlarge, expatiate, spread out, exposit, lucubrate, expound, elaborate

  2. contract, declarationnoun

    (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

    Synonyms:
    annunciation, proclamation, declaration, resolution, announcement, contract bridge, resolve

    Antonyms:
    expand, enlarge, flesh out, lucubrate, expatiate, spread out, dilate, elaborate, expound, exposit

  3. contract, contract bridgeverb

    a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

    Synonyms:
    declaration, contract bridge

    Antonyms:
    lucubrate, elaborate, enlarge, exposit, dilate, expatiate, expand, spread out, flesh out, expound

  4. contract, undertakeverb

    enter into a contractual arrangement

    Synonyms:
    set about, sign, take in charge, condense, concentrate, sign up, attempt, abbreviate, constrict, shorten, press, shrink, undertake, foreshorten, cut, guarantee, take on, squeeze, get, compress, reduce, take, abridge, sign on, tackle, narrow, compact

    Antonyms:
    expound, dilate, expatiate, expand, lucubrate, enlarge, spread out, elaborate, exposit, flesh out

  5. sign, contract, sign on, sign upverb

    engage by written agreement

    "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

    Synonyms:
    shorten, sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, constrict, narrow, press, reduce, take, undertake, bless, signalize, cut, subscribe, squeeze, get, compress, sign on, foreshorten, ratify, abridge, signalise, signal, shrink, compact

    Antonyms:
    flesh out, elaborate, spread out, expatiate, lucubrate, expand, expound, dilate, enlarge, exposit

  6. compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb

    squeeze or press together

    "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

    Synonyms:
    fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, squeeze, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out

    Antonyms:
    expound, spread out, expand, exposit, lucubrate, enlarge, flesh out, expatiate, elaborate, dilate

  7. contract, take, getverb

    be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

    "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"

    Synonyms:
    sign on, read, dumbfound, occupy, subscribe to, sire, withdraw, mystify, foreshorten, lead, ingest, develop, take aim, carry, bring, assume, stupefy, have, hold, become, choose, sustain, study, learn, fill, receive, necessitate, compress, consume, go, stimulate, start out, pay off, drive, hire, engender, cut, fix, pay back, consider, sign up, rent, suffer, reduce, stick, pick out, set about, bring forth, get down, gravel, incur, draw, catch, deal, adopt, shorten, compact, remove, demand, start, set out, lease, take on, buzz off, beat, constrict, arrest, beget, take up, come, train, bewilder, strike, use up, select, take, scram, squeeze, engage, concentrate, film, make, claim, puzzle, flummox, abbreviate, generate, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, let, experience, condense, amaze, require, call for, take in, produce, vex, find, submit, convey, shrink, capture, shoot, aim, induce, direct, perplex, charter, press, obtain, begin, get, contain, father, mother, get under one's skin, subscribe, narrow, arrive, need, guide, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, abridge, grow, fetch, accept, pose, sign, admit, bugger off, undertake, cause, ask, nonplus, conduct, commence, baffle

    Antonyms:
    expand, dilate, lucubrate, enlarge, flesh out, elaborate, spread out, expatiate, exposit, expound

  8. shrink, contractverb

    become smaller or draw together

    "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

    Synonyms:
    shorten, sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, shrivel up, constrict, narrow, quail, flinch, funk, take, shrivel, undertake, reduce, cut, cringe, abridge, squeeze, get, compress, sign on, wince, foreshorten, recoil, squinch, wither, press, shrink, compact

    Antonyms:
    elaborate, dilate, lucubrate, expound, enlarge, expand, flesh out, exposit, expatiate, spread out

  9. contractverb

    make smaller

    "The heat contracted the woollen garment"

    Synonyms:
    sign, condense, concentrate, sign up, abbreviate, constrict, shorten, press, shrink, undertake, foreshorten, cut, squeeze, get, compress, reduce, take, abridge, sign on, narrow, compact

    Antonyms:
    expound, enlarge, exposit, lucubrate, expand, dilate, spread out, flesh out, elaborate, expatiate

  10. condense, concentrate, contractverb

    compress or concentrate

    "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

    Synonyms:
    digest, narrow, decoct, pore, get, cut, boil down, foreshorten, centre, rivet, press, center, focus, centralise, take, sign on, sign, sign up, distil, compress, shrink, abridge, reduce, condense, concentrate, squeeze, compact, undertake, distill, centralize, shorten, abbreviate, constrict

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, lucubrate, flesh out, dilate, expound, spread out, expatiate, expand, exposit, elaborate

  11. narrow, contractverb

    make or become more narrow or restricted

    "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

    Synonyms:
    peg down, sign, condense, nail down, sign up, specialize, abbreviate, constrict, narrow, press, shrink, specialise, take, undertake, foreshorten, cut, shorten, constringe, narrow down, specify, squeeze, get, compress, sign on, abridge, concentrate, reduce, pin down, compact

    Antonyms:
    expand, spread out, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, exposit, expound, expatiate, flesh out, lucubrate

  12. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduceverb

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

    Synonyms:
    sign on, expurgate, skip, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim back

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, exposit, expatiate, flesh out, lucubrate, dilate, elaborate, expound, expand, spread out

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    lessen, shorten, narrow, diminish, abridge, reduce, epitomize, draw together

  2. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    incur, bring, procure, get, assume, take upon one's self, become liable to

  3. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    shrivel, shrink, shrink up

  4. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    agree, stipulate, bargain, covenant, make a bargain

  5. contractnoun

    Synonyms:
    compact, bargain, stipulation, covenant, convention, concordat, treaty, agreement, pact, arrangement

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. contractnoun

    Synonyms:
    agreement, compact, covenant, pact, protocol, treaty, concordat, convention, stipulation

  2. contractverb

    Synonyms:
    reduce, narrow, condense, incur, acquire, covenant, agree, shrivel, shrink, syncopate

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How to use contract in a sentence?

  1. Chetan Dube:

    If Amelia is to become the most faithful service agent, she also needs to be able to respond to man’s need to communicate with somebody who can understand emotions—not just a robotic ‘Press 1 for this’ and ‘Press 7 for that,’ amelia’s emotional quotient is modeled in a three-dimensional space: pleasure, arousal, dominance—the PAD modeling system. We are in trials with a telco company, and there is a certain demeanor that Amelia is required to have if your contract is coming up for renewal. Her emotional reaction to you is supposed to be very different based on where you are in the contract or your level of angst with the service.

  2. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

    Because unity in faith is a gift, dialogue can never be a search for compromise, never have as a goal a negotiated agreement like a business contract.

  3. Heather Wendell:

    The overall costs related to the contract we feel are completely manageable.

  4. Jonathan Miller:

    Right now the average time between a contract and closing in New York is about 90 days.

  5. The Associated Press:

    CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The U.S. Soccer Federation had argued that the womens team was paid under the structure the players asked for in the last collective bargaining agreement and that they asked for a very different contract that offered them more benefits, whichthe mens players did not -- including guaranteed annual salaries, medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave, severance benefits, salary continuation during periods of injury, access to a retirement plan, multiple bonuses and more.


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