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
• okays
• entente cordiales
• OKs

contracts

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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