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contract
Overview of noun contract
The noun contract has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (19) contract -- (a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law)
2. (2) contract, declaration -- ((contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make)
3. contract, contract bridge -- (a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid)
Overview of verb contract
The verb contract has 9 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (8) contract, undertake -- (enter into a contractual arrangement)
2. (3) sign, contract, sign on, sign up -- (engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season")
3. (2) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press -- (squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle")
4. (2) shrink, contract -- (become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank")
5. (2) contract, take, get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill")
6. contract -- (make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment")
7. condense, concentrate, contract -- (compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan")
8. narrow, contract -- (make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed")
9. abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce -- (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contract
3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
=> written agreement
=> agreement, understanding
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
contract, declaration
=> bid, bidding
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
contract, contract bridge
=> bridge
=> card game, cards
=> game
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun contract
2 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
=> adhesion contract, contract of adhesion
=> aleatory contract
=> bilateral contract
=> charter
=> conditional contract
=> cost-plus contract
=> gambling contract
=> lease
=> marriage contract, marriage settlement
=> output contract
=> policy, insurance policy, insurance
=> purchase contract, purchase agreement
=> quasi contract
=> requirements contract
=> sealed instrument, contract under seal, special contract
=> service contract
=> severable contract
=> subcontract
=> partnership
=> articles of agreement, shipping articles
=> concession, grant
=> labor contract, labor agreement, collective agreement
=> employment contract, employment agreement
=> distribution agreement
=> licensing agreement
=> merger agreement, acquisition agreement
=> sale in gross, contract of hazard
=> indenture
Sense 3
contract, contract bridge
=> no-trump
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contract
3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
=> written agreement
Sense 2
contract, declaration
=> bid, bidding
Sense 3
contract, contract bridge
=> bridge
Antonyms of noun contract
Member Holonyms of noun contract
Substance Holonyms of noun contract
Part Holonyms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 2
contract, declaration
PART OF: bridge
Member Meronyms of noun contract
Substance Meronyms of noun contract
Part Meronyms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
HAS PART: arbitration clause
HAS PART: reserve clause
HAS PART: fine print, small print
HAS PART: boilerplate
Meronyms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
HAS PART: arbitration clause
HAS PART: reserve clause
HAS PART: fine print, small print
HAS PART: boilerplate
Holonyms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 2
contract, declaration
PART OF: bridge
Attributes of noun contract
Derived Forms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
RELATED TO>(adj) contractual#1
=> contractual
RELATED TO>(verb) contract#2
=> sign, contract, sign on, sign up
RELATED TO>(verb) contract#1
=> contract, undertake
Domain of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 2
contract, declaration
TOPIC>(noun) contract#1
Domain Terms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
TOPIC TERM>(adj) broken#4, unkept#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) unbroken#4, kept#1
TOPIC TERM>(adj) terminated#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) subscribed#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) article#3, clause#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) loophole#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) handshake#1, shake#4, handshaking#1, handclasp#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) contract#2, declaration#4
TOPIC TERM>(verb) renegociate#2, renegotiate#2
Familiarity of noun contract
contract used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun contract
3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
> written agreement
=> contract
HAS INSTANCE=> Articles of Confederation
=> submission
=> covenant, compact, concordat
=> indenture
=> obligation
=> treaty, pact, accord
=> escrow
Sense 2
contract, declaration
> bid, bidding
=> contract, declaration
=> takeout
=> overbid, overcall
=> preemptive bid, pre-empt, preempt
Sense 3
contract, contract bridge
> bridge
=> bridge whist
=> auction, auction bridge
=> contract, contract bridge
Meronyms of noun contract
3 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract
HAS PART: arbitration clause
HAS PART: reserve clause
HAS PART: fine print, small print
HAS PART: boilerplate
=> written agreement
=> agreement, understanding
HAS PART: condition, term
=> legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
=> document, written document, papers
HAS PART: article, clause
HAS PART: preamble
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 3
contract, contract bridge
=> bridge
HAS PART: ruff, trumping
HAS PART: bid, bidding
HAS PART: contract, declaration
HAS PART: slam, sweep
=> card game, cards
HAS PART: discard
HAS PART: shuffle, shuffling, make
HAS PART: cut, cutting
HAS PART: doubling, double
HAS PART: deal
HAS PART: lead
HAS PART: revoke, renege
HAS PART: call
Holonyms of noun contract
1 of 3 senses of contract
Sense 2
contract, declaration
PART OF: bridge
Grep of noun contract
adhesion contract
aleatory contract
bilateral contract
breach of contract
conditional contract
contract
contract bridge
contract killing
contract law
contract of adhesion
contract of hazard
contract offer
contract under seal
contractile organ
contractility
contracting
contraction
contractor
contracture
cost-plus contract
employment contract
futures contract
gambling contract
labor contract
marriage contract
oral contract
output contract
purchase contract
quasi contract
requirements contract
service contract
severable contract
social contract
special contract
subcontract
term of a contract
unilateral contract
yellow-dog contract
Antonyms of verb contract
2 of 9 senses of contract
Sense 4
shrink, contract
Antonym of expand (Sense 1)
=>expand, spread out
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Antonym of expand (Sense 6)
=>elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contract
9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> hire, engage, employ
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
=> change
Sense 4
shrink, contract
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 5
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
=> worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 6
contract
=> shrink, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 8
narrow, contract
=> change
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb contract
8 of 9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
=> stipulate
=> sign
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
=> rent, lease
=> rent, hire, charter, lease
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> contract out
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> choke, strangle
=> prim
=> astringe
=> strangulate
=> convulse
=> convulse
=> bear down, overbear
=> choke, gag, fret
=> choke, scrag
Sense 4
shrink, contract
=> flex
Sense 5
contract, take, get
=> catch
Sense 6
contract
=> purse, wrinkle
Sense 8
narrow, contract
=> bottleneck
=> taper off
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
=> digest, condense, concentrate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb contract
9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> hire, engage, employ
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
Sense 4
shrink, contract
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 5
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
Sense 6
contract
=> shrink, reduce
Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 8
narrow, contract
=> change
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
'Cause To' of verb contract
Derived Forms of verb contract
9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
RELATED TO>(noun) contract#1
=> contract
RELATED TO>(noun) contractor#1
=> contractor
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
RELATED TO>(noun) contract#1
=> contract
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#1
=> contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction
RELATED TO>(noun) contracture#1
=> contracture
RELATED TO>(noun) contractor#4
=> contractile organ, contractor
Sense 4
shrink, contract
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#4
=> contraction
Sense 5
contract, take, get
RELATED TO>(noun) contracting#1
=> catching, contracting
Sense 6
contract
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#4
=> contraction
Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#4
=> contraction
Sense 8
narrow, contract
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#4
=> contraction
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
RELATED TO>(noun) contraction#4
=> contraction
Domain of verb contract
Domain Terms of verb contract
Familiarity of verb contract
contract used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Sample Sentences of verb contract
9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
EX: They contract to move
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
shrink, contract
*> Something ----s
Sense 5
contract, take, get
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
contract
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
narrow, contract
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb contract
9 senses of contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
> promise, assure
=> pledge, plight
=> swear off
=> contract, undertake
=> undertake, guarantee
Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
> hire, engage, employ
=> featherbed
=> fill
=> engage
=> ship
=> sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> rat
=> subcontract, farm out, job
Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
> tighten
=> constrict, constringe, narrow
=> tauten, firm
=> compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> strain, tense
Sense 4
shrink, contract
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 5
contract, take, get
> sicken, come down
=> wan
=> contract, take, get
=> canker
Sense 6
contract
> shrink, reduce
=> reduce, scale down
=> reef
=> miniaturize, miniaturise
=> depopulate, desolate
=> contract
Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 8
narrow, contract
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb contract
Sense 1
contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
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Sense 2
sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> hire, engage, employ
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Sense 3
compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
=> tighten
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Sense 4
shrink, contract
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 5
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
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Sense 6
contract
=> shrink, reduce
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Sense 7
condense, concentrate, contract
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 8
narrow, contract
=> change
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Sense 9
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Grep of verb contract
contract
contract in
contract out
subcontract
Grep of adj contract
contractable
contracted
contractile
contractual
Grep of adv contract
contractually
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