Synonyms of contracts

contracts 1 of 2

noun

plural of contract

1

as in guarantees

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation

accused her of breaking their contract by not completing the decorating job on budget

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guarantees
• deals
• assurances
• vows
• pledges
• warranties
• covenants
• bonds
• treaties
• guaranties
• sureties
• pacts
• oaths
• deposits
• seals
• conventions
• bargains
• insurances
• compacts
• securities
• words
• concordats
• accords
• pawns
• troths
• bails

2

as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken

a contract outlining what needed to be done by each person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• agreements
• pacts
• conventions
• settlements
• promises
• understandings
• deals
• covenants
• compacts
• bargains
• treaties
• accords
• pledges
• associations
• dispositions
• charters
• partnerships
• binders
• approvals
• alliances
• acceptances
• consents
• leagues
• ententes
• assents
• concurrences
• entente cordiales
• OKs

contracts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of contract

1

as in gets

to become affected with (a disease or disorder)

before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gets
• catches
• comes down (with)
• goes down (with)
• takes
• sickens (with)
• succumbs (to)
• breaks out (with)
• dies (from)
• fails
• weakens
• wastes (away)
• sinks
• worsens
• withers
• languishes
• wilts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gains
• comes back
• recovers
• heals
• shakes (off)
• recovers (from)
• mends
• snaps back
• recoups
• rallies
• rebounds
• recuperates

2

as in shrinks

to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter

metal contracts at low temperatures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shrinks
• compresses
• constricts
• decreases
• collapses
• condenses
• flattens
• withdraws
• diminishes
• retreats
• shrivels
• dries up
• withers
• deflates
• lessens
• recedes
• dwindles
• wilts
• abates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expands
• increases
• swells
• grows
• accumulates
• balloons
• snowballs
• inflates
• puffs (up)
• balloons

3

as in compresses

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together

contract the calf muscles in your legs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compresses
• squeezes
• condenses
• compacts
• narrows (down)
• packs
• consolidates
• telescopes
• collapses
• constringes
• capsules
• constricts
• capsulizes
• simplifies
• crams
• jams
• shortens
• boils down
• decreases
• jam-packs
• curtails
• abridges
• abbreviates
• shrinks
• crowds
• downsizes
• streamlines
• concentrates
• diminishes
• lessens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expands
• opens
• dilates
• decompresses
• outspreads
• disperses
• outstretches
• dissipates
• scatters
• swells
• inflates
• distends

4

as in covenants

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action

the farmer contracted for delivery of the hay by the first of July

Synonyms & Similar Words

• covenants
• bargains
• agrees
• comes to terms
• strikes a bargain
• arranges
• comes around
• underwrites
• comes round
• subscribes
• settles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disagrees
• differs
• dissents
• objects
• cancels
• revokes
• disputes
• contests
• argues
• reneges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contracts

Noun

In practice, governments still want contracts, jobs, and tax revenue at home. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026

All three finished their entry-level contracts, but Gauthier is ineligible to receive an offer sheet. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 July 2026

José Luis Ábalos, who was Spain’s transport minister between 2018 and 2021, was last week handed a 24-year sentence for rigging public contracts for face masks and other medical supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 5 July 2026

The program is month-to-month with no contracts or minimum commitment. — Jay Sparks, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Announcements of that sort will come later after contracts are officially signed. — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Perhaps if this was any team other than the Yankees — where all of Hal Steinbrenner’s minions appear to have lifetime contracts — Aaron Boone’s status as manager would be coming under intense scrutiny about now. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

All were standard, one-year Russian military contracts like those signed by foreign recruits from other countries. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

But months later, Feldstein Soto’s office still hasn’t executed the contracts, frustrating tenants rights advocates and the nonprofits, which are struggling to pay their staff without the funds from the city. — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

Verb

The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction. — Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October. — John Wilkerson, STAT, 25 June 2026

After that, taping becomes the main focus in an effort to control how the skin contracts onto the new underlying structure (more on that in a moment). — Victoria Oliva, Allure, 23 June 2026

Magnesium is a key electrolyte that helps keep the heart beating steady by regulating how the heart contracts. — Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 18 June 2026

Kansas City has not had its own jail since 2009 and currently contracts out with other counties to hold detainees. — Dylan Lysen june 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026

Their limited time together is so important that Ryan throws caution to the wind and contracts chicken pox from an ill Phoebe. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

The agency contracts with roughly 1,200 attorneys and support staff in such cases. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 June 2026

The sheriff’s office contracts out officers for Lafayette police and serves as that agency’s public voice. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 3 June 2026