Synonyms for contact
ˈkɒn tæktcon·tact

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1. contact

   Collision, the act or fact of striking violently together, is the result of motion or action, and is sudden and momentary; contact may be a condition of rest, and be continuous and permanent; collision is sudden and violent contact. Concussion is often by transmitted force rather than by direct impact; two railway-trains come into collision; an explosion of dynamite shatters neighboring windows by concussion. Impact is the blow given by the striking body; as, the impact of the cannon-shot upon the target. An encounter is always violent, and generally hostile. Meeting is neutral, and may be of the dearest friends or of the bitterest foes; of objects, of persons, or of opinions; of two or of a multitude. Shock is the result of collision. In the figurative use, we speak of clashing of views, collision of persons. Opposition is used chiefly of persons, more rarely of opinions or interests; conflict is used indifferently of all.

   Synonyms:
   clash, clashing, collision, concussion, conflict, encounter, impact, meeting, opposition, shock

   Antonyms:
   agreement, amity, coincidence, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, harmony, unison, unity

   Preposition:
   Collision of one object with another; of or between opposing objects.

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1. contact

   Synonyms:
   touch, contiguity, continuity, apposition, adjunction

   Antonyms:
   proximity, adjacence, interruption, disconnection, separation, distance, isolation, noncontact

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1. contactnoun

   close interaction

   "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, middleman, contact lens

2. contact, physical contactnoun

   the act of touching physically

   "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, middleman, contact lens

3. contactnoun

   the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity

   "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, middleman, contact lens

4. contact, impinging, strikingnoun

   the physical coming together of two or more things

   "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, hit, middleman, contact lens, hitting

5. contact, middlemannoun

   a person who is in a position to give you special assistance

   "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, wholesaler, physical contact, inter-group communication, jobber, tangency, middleman, contact lens, interlocutor

6. liaison, link, contact, inter-group communicationnoun

   a channel for communication between groups

   "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas"

   Synonyms:
   inter-group communication, affair, impinging, touch, amour, tangency, physical contact, linkup, connexion, tie, affaire, tie-in, nexus, liaison, data link, middleman, radio link, involvement, connectedness, contact lens, striking, link, connection, intimacy

7. contact, tangencynoun

   (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact

   "they forget to solder the contacts"

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, middleman, contact lens

8. contact, touchnoun

   a communicative interaction

   "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"

   Synonyms:
   jot, soupcon, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, touch, touch modality, tangency, touching, hint, physical contact, ghost, sense of touch, skin senses, striking, inter-group communication, liaison, trace, feeling, pinch, contact lens, link, impinging, mite, middleman, tinge, tactual sensation, speck, spot, tactile sensation, signature

9. contact, contact lensverb

   a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

   Synonyms:
   link, touch, striking, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, middleman, contact lens

10. reach, get through, get hold of, contactverb

    be in or establish communication with

    "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"

    Synonyms:
    adjoin, touch, attain, seize, strive, progress to, wrap up, come through, hit, arrive at, pass on, make, finish up, reach, take, meet, get hold of, finish off, get to, polish off, penetrate, gain, mop up, fall into place, give, come home, while away, achieve, pass, clutch, dawn, click, clear up, turn over, sink in, accomplish, reach out, strain, get across, extend to, get through, hand

11. touch, adjoin, meet, contactverb

    be in direct physical contact with; make contact

    "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"

    Synonyms:
    adjoin, conform to, touch, butt against, come across, butt, foregather, rival, fulfil, fulfill, pertain, satisfy, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, have-to doe with, abut, edge, get hold of, converge, get together, run across, receive, border, forgather, fit, encounter, get through, butt on, affect, gather, take on, run into, cope with, fill, play, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, suffer, allude, bear upon, reach, come to, advert, march, assemble, partake, extend to, see, disturb, tint

Matched Categories

1. • Communication
   • Connection
   • Electronics
   • Happening
   • Interaction
   • Junction
   • Representative

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1. contactnoun

   Synonyms:
   touch, juxtaposition, junction, contiguity, close union

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1. contactnoun

   Synonyms:
   touching, tangency, contingency, impact, juxtaposition, osculation, contiguity, apposition, syzygy

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1. List of paraphrases for "contact":

   contacts, touch, liaison, contacting, ignition, focal, contacto, contacted, call, communication, liaise, pinch, communicate, mating, interlocutor, coordinates, link, communications

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1. Daniel Lucey:

   It never spreads through the air, thankfully, so the idea is to vaccinate people who come into contact or are in contact of people who come into contact with people who have Ebola virus infection.

2. W. Somerset Maugham:

   It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.

3. Jim Lorraine:

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4. Laurence J. Peter:

   Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

5. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont:

   As more than 4,000 people in the state have been encouraged to self-quarantine, a Queens man who drives for taxi or ride-hailing services tested positive after showing up to a St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, which prompted 40 doctors and nurses to self-quarantine, meaning the staff will have to be replaced in the meantime, ABC 14 reports. MAJOR UNIVERSITIES CLOSE CLASSROOMS AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK Cuomo complained, however, that many New Yorkers are not following the self-quarantine requirements, but hesays thestate of emergency declaration will free up $ 30 millionused for testing and the purchase of protective gear for healthcare workers. The governor warned storescould lose their licenses for price gouging items like hand sanitizer, one he said was selling it for $ 80 per bottle. Cuomo, who earlier described the virus as like a flu on steroids, also emphasized that more people are dying from the fluthan dying from coronavirus. In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker sanitizes surfaces at the Coney Island Yard, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. ( AP) Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker referenced a New Rochelle lawyer, who commuted to work in Midtown via Metro-North before Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker fell ill and became the states second case earlier in the week. Since then, the mans wife and two of his children, a 14-year-old daughterand 20-year-old son, have tested positive, as did a neighbor who drove him to the hospital. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE The patient is believed to have contracted the virus in Westchester County and not through travel. Multiple members of The Young Israel of New Rochelle synagogue, where the man worships, have also tested positive. CORONAVIRUS CONFIRMED CASES AND FATALITIES, STATE BY STATE Cuomo said the state is reconsidering how to address the quarantine period for people in Westchester County who are quarantined after coming in contact with people who have tested positive, to apply to their last contact with other people. The quarantine period is typically 14 days after last contact. WHAT STATES HAVE DECLARED CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCIES ? Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a second New York state resident who works in the state testing positive for the virus. This most recent case of another New York resident who works in Connecticut testing positive for COVID-19 shows us what we already know coronavirus is here and viruses dont stop at state borders.