Contracts Synonyms and Antonyms

Squeeze or press together
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shrinks
  2. constricts
  3. compresses
  4. presses
  5. squeezes
  6. compacts
Antonyms:
  1. expands
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. takes
  2. gets
  3. incurs
  4. sickens
  5. catches
  6. develops
Antonyms:
  1. gives
Make or become more narrow or restricted
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. narrows
  2. confines
  3. omits
  4. edits
  5. epitomizes
  6. abridges
  7. abbreviates
  8. condenses
Compress or concentrate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. undertakes
  2. reduces
  3. concentrates
  4. evaporates
  5. wastes
  6. withers
  7. recedes
  8. consumes
  9. dwindles
  10. cuts
  11. loses
  12. promises
  13. lessens
  14. knits
  15. wrinkles
  16. wanes
  17. shortens
  18. condenses
  19. ebbs
  20. subsides
  21. abates
  22. pledges
  23. declines
  24. deflates
  25. abbreviates
  26. weakens
  27. shrivels
  28. constricts
  29. abridges
  30. engages
  31. shrinks
Antonyms:
  1. expands
  2. amplifies
  3. strengthens
  4. dilates
  5. stretches
  6. increases
  7. extends
  8. widens
  9. spreads
  10. lengthens
  11. enlarges
An agreement, especially one involving a sale or exchange
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deals
  2. covenants
  3. bargains
  4. transactions
  5. compact
Antonyms:
  1. disagreements
  2. misunderstandings

Words Related to Contracts

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Contracts Sentence Examples

  • The corn-growers and the revenue collectors were ruined by exorbitant imposts or by the iniquitous cancelling of contracts; temples and private houses were robbed of their works of art; and the rights of Roman citizens were disregarded.

  • As the sun loses heat it contracts, and every pair of particles in the sun are nearer to each other after the contraction than they were before.

  • Contracts for large or important works or for the supply of large amounts of goods are usually put out to tender in order to secure the lowest price.

  • Under the present constitution they are "fully emancipated from all disability on account of coverture," and are placed on an equality with their husbands in acquiring and disposing of property and in making contracts relative thereto.

  • As these were insufficient to give employment to all the prisoners, some were put to work on Yazoo Delta plantations on partnership contracts.

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