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contribute (to)

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Synonyms & Antonyms of contribute (to)

as in conduce (to)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for contribute (to)

conduce (to)

beget,
breed,
bring,
bring about,
bring on,
catalyze,
cause,
create,
do,
draw on,
effect,
effectuate,
engender,
generate,
induce,
invoke,
make,
occasion,
produce,
prompt,
result (in),
spawn,
translate (into),
work,
yield

decide,
determine

begin,
establish,
father,
found,
inaugurate,
initiate,
innovate,
institute,
introduce,
launch,
pioneer,
set,
set up,
start

advance,
cultivate,
develop,
encourage,
forward,
foster,
further,
nourish,
nurture,
promote

enact,
render,
turn out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for contribute (to)

impede,
limit,
restrict

clamp down (on),
crack down (on),
crush,
dampen,
put down,
quash,
quell,
repress,
smother,
squash,
squelch,
stifle,
subdue,
suppress

arrest,
check,
control,
curb,
inhibit,
rein (in),
restrain,
retard

can
[slang],
kill,
snuff (out),
still

abolish,
demolish,
destroy,
extinguish,
liquidate,
quench

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