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

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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

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1. contractverb

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Bid
   • Change
   • Contract
   • Decrease
   • Shrink
   • Written Agreement

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1. contractnoun

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

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

   Synonyms:
   declaration, contract bridge

2. contract, declarationnoun

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

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

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

3. contract, contract bridgeverb

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

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

   Synonyms:
   declaration, contract bridge

4. contract, undertakeverb

   enter into a contractual arrangement

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

   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

5. sign, contract, sign on, sign upverb

   engage by written agreement

   "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"

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

   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

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

   squeeze or press together

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

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

   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

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"

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

   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

8. shrink, contractverb

   become smaller or draw together

   "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"

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

   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

9. contractverb

   make smaller

   "The heat contracted the woollen garment"

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

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

10. condense, concentrate, contractverb

    compress or concentrate

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

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

    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

11. narrow, contractverb

    make or become more narrow or restricted

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

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

    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

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

    reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

    "The manuscript must be shortened"

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

    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

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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

How to use contract in a sentence?

1. Ryane Clowe:

   I didnt like that side of the game, it was more behind the scenes things that I wanted to learn more of. Obviously Ive never done it before. I dont know if I would enjoy it or not enjoy it, but its something that I wanted to learn more of. Being under contract with Ottawa still on long-term (injured reserve), that didnt give me an opportunity to do that with a team because Im under contract with Ottawa, so the timing of NHL Network was perfect.

2. Kristi Noem:

   It is critical that we protect South Dakotans from evil foreign governments, this order ensures that these countries cannot leverage telecommunications or state contract procurements to gain access to crucial state infrastructure and data.

3. Joe Courtney:

   Air Force is making the right decision [ to ] cancel the previously announced sole-source contract and hit restart on this process, even with the understanding that the Air Force One mission brings with it unique requirements and challenges, a $ 24 million sole-source contract just didn't pass the smell test.

4. Teruo Asamoto:

   Hon Hai's vast network of clients can help absorb Sharp's LCD panel output, hon Hai, for its part, can consolidate its position as a contract manufacturer by taking in Sharp's display technology.

5. John Jenkins:

   Be clear, this board has had no discussions at any time about her tenure as general manager, we hoped and expected that she would fulfill her three year contract, which ends in December of this year.

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