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

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1. contract(noun)

   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, declaration(noun)

   (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 bridge(verb)

   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, undertake(verb)

   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 up(verb)

   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, press(verb)

   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, get(verb)

   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, contract(verb)

   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. contract(verb)

   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, contract(verb)

    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, contract(verb)

    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, reduce(verb)

    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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. contract(v)

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. contract(v. a.)

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

2. contract(v. a.)

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

3. contract(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   shrivel, shrink, shrink up

4. contract(v. n.)

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

5. contract(n.)

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   contracts, contractual, agreement, contrat, market, contracting, markets, contracted, prenup, lease, marketplace, deal, treaty

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