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| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, deal |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, indenture, liability, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding, concordat, handshake, mise |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, misunderstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to terms |
| Synonyms: | accept offer, adjust, agree, arrange, assent, bargain, become indebted, bound, buy, circumscribe, clinch, close, come around, commit, consent, covenant, dicker*, engage, enter into, firm a deal, give one's word, go along with, hammer out deal, initial*, ink, it's a deal, limit, make terms, negotiate, obligate, owe, pact, pledge, promise, put in writing, set, settle, shake hands on it, sign for, sign papers, sign up, stipulate, swear to, undertake, work out details |
| Antonyms: | break off, disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch disease |
| Synonyms: | acquire, afflict, be afflicted with, be ill with, become infected with, bring on, cause, come down with, decline, derange, develop, disorder, fall, fall victim to, get, go down with, incur, indispose, induce, obtain, sicken, sink, succumb to, take, take one's death, upset, weaken |
| Antonyms: | give |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
conventional, ad idem, agreed, benami, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attenuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
| Synonyms: | abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deflate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine, vitiate |
| Antonyms: | expand, increase, intensify, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | negotiate terms of sale or agreement |
| Synonyms: | agree, arrange, barter, buy, compromise, confer, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, haggle, palter, promise, sell, stipulate, trade, traffic, transact, do business, make terms |
| Main Entry: | betroth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, become engaged, bind, commit, contract, engage, espouse, give one's hand, make compact, plight faith, plight troth, promise, tie oneself to, vow |
| Antonyms: | divorce, leave, separate |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | clench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grasp |
| Synonyms: | clamp, clasp, clinch, clutch, constrict, contract, grapple, grip, hold, double up, draw together |
| Antonyms: | loose, loosen, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | come down with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contract illness |
| Synonyms: | catch, contract, sicken, take, be stricken with, fall ill, fall victim to, take sick |
| Antonyms: | be immune |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, consign, constitute, contract, crown, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send, confide to, depute |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, entente, indenture, pact, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding, concordat |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make condensed |
| Synonyms: | combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, give-and-take |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, covenant, deal, happy medium*, mean, middle ground, pact, settlement, understanding, copout, fifty-fifty*, half and half, half measure, middle course, sellout, trade-off, win-win situation |
| Antonyms: | contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
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