Synonyms 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

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

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

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

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 Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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1. List of paraphrases for "contract":

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

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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. Doc Rivers:

   I can tell you up front, we would love to get Ben back, and if we can, we’re going to try to do that, ben has a long contract, so it’s in our hands and we want him back.

3. Stetson Clark:

   Because of his extreme views, I ask that a full review of Mr. Whitfield's tenure in Grapevine Colleyville Independent School District be examined and that his contract be terminated effective immediately.

4. Louis Maman:

   But there was a real contract and I think there was an alliance and a friendship between Australia and France. It’s spoiling a friendship, i took it as a betrayal.

5. David Shear:

   There are no legal clauses that allow us to unilaterally change the contract or allow any one of the partners to simply walk away or overturn the entire agreement, no serious investor in any industry in the world would agree to a long-term business relationship with flimsy termination clauses.