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contact - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate with |
| Synonyms: | approach, buzz*, call, connect, get, interact, network*, reach, relate, talk, telephone, touch base*, visit, be in touch with, check with, get ahold of, get in touch with, interface, phone, reach out, speak to, write to |
| Antonyms: | avoid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form of communication |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, association, channel, commerce, communion, companionship, connection, influence, intercourse, junction, meeting, network, touch, union, unity |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching |
| Synonyms: | approximation, closeness, collision, connection, hit, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relation, strike, touch, union, contiguity, contingence, impingement, taction |
| Antonyms: | avoidance |
| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
| Synonyms: | admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, ingress, introduction, key, open door*, passage, path, road, route, way, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | egress, outlet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, be like, be similar to, come near, lie near, lie next to, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck, demolishment, head-on, sideswipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entrée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open door*, way, importation, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | rejection, blackballing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate |
| Synonyms: | collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, get across*, interplay, join, merge, mesh, network, relate, touch, touch base*, unite, get the message, interface, interreact, keep in touch, reach out |
| Antonyms: | not speak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, exchange |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose, interface |
| Main Entry: | link |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | component, connection |
| Synonyms: | articulation, association, attachment, bond, channel, constituent, contact, division, element, fastening, hitch, intersection, joint, junction, knot, ligature, loop, member, network, nexus, part, piece, relationship, ring, seam, section, splice, tie, weld, yoke, connective, copula, coupler, coupling, hookup, in, interconnection, interface, joining, ligament, ligation, tie-up, vinculum |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | relationship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection; friendship |
| Synonyms: | accord, affair, affiliation, affinity, alliance, analogy, association, bond, communication, conjunction, consanguinity, contact, contingency, correlation, dependency, exchange, homogeneity, kinship, liaison, likeness, link, marriage, nearness, network, parallel, pertinence, proportion, rapport, ratio, relation, similarity, tie, appositeness, consociation, dependence, hookup, interconnection, interrelation, interrelationship, pertinency, relativity, relevance, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | telephone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate through telephone system |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, call, contact, dial, pick up*, ring, call up, get back to, get on the horn, get on the line, give a call, give a jingle, give a ring, make a call, phone, put a call through, ring up, touch base with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traffic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy and sell; do business |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, bootleg*, contact, deal, dicker, exchange, fence, handle, interact, market, moonshine*, negotiate, network, peddle, push, relate, shove, swap, touch, touch base*, trade, truck*, work out, black-market, connect with, deal in*, have dealings, have transaction, horse trade, interface, make a deal, reach out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance |
| Synonyms: | access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open door, way, importation, in, open arms |
| Antonyms: | prohibition, rejection |
| Main Entry: | acquaintance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a person known informally |
| Synonyms: | associate, association, colleague, companion, contact, friend, neighbor |
| Antonyms: | stranger |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, bear, border, buzz*, come, come at, contact, converge, equal, match, meet, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, be comparable to, be like, belly up to, catch up, close in, come close, compare with, correspond to, creep up, draw near, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, move in on, move toward, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, leave, go away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, let on, network*, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, relate, report, reveal, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write, be in touch, get through, interface, keep in touch, let out, make known, pass on, phone, reach out, ring up |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, suppress, withhold, keep quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving, exchanging information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | advice, articulation, assertion, communion, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, corresponding, declaration, delivery, dissemination, elucidation, expression, intelligence, interchange, intercourse, link, mention, publication, reading, reception, revelation, talk, talking, telling, transfer, transmission, utterance, writing, advisement, announcing, disclosing, intercommunication, making known, notifying, translating |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, quiet, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affinity, agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, association, closeness, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity, close relationship, communing, intercommunication |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, division, hostility, variance, disunity |
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