Synonymes et antonymes de contract en anglais

contract

These are words and phrases related to contract. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, allez à la définition de contract.

A DECISION OR ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN GROUPS OR PEOPLE

The basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week.

Synonymes et exemples

agreement
Do we have an agreement?
understanding
We had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing.
gentleman's agreement
He and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home.
deal
Do we have a deal?
accord
The leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord.
treaty
The peace treaty ended the war.
settlement
As part of his divorce settlement, he gets to keep their house.
pact
The long-standing trade pact between China and Britain is set to expire this week.
compact
formal
The companies made a compact not to compete in the same markets.
covenant
The club are restricted by a covenant which prevents them using the pitch except on match days.
Apprendre plus
When you agree with someone, you have the same opinion as them. When you agree to something, you say yes to it. The state of agreeing with someone or something is called agreement. An agreement can also refer to a decision or arrangement between two or more groups or people.

TO BECOME SMALLER OR LESS

As the metal cools, it contracts.

Synonymes et exemples

decrease
The tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lessen
A healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lower
They've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduce
They've just reduced the price.
bring down
They are bringing down their prices.
drop
Stock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
fall
Unemployment has fallen to six percent in the last year.
go down
Prices always go down in January.
come down
Has her fever come down at all?
plummet
Temperatures last night plummeted.
plunge
Temperatures last night plunged below zero.
crash
After bad news from the Federal Reserve, the markets crashed.
crater
mainly US
An excess of supply is going to crater the entire market.
dwindle
The number of students in the school has dwindled to around 200.
decline
The number of members has declined by 25 per cent over the last 30 years.
shrink
Forests have shrunk to almost half the size they were 20 years ago.

Antonyme et exemple

increase
I've been increasing my workouts by five minutes a day.
Apprendre plus
When something decreases, it becomes smaller or less. A decrease in something describes the fact of that thing getting smaller or becoming less.
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contract | American Thesaurus

contract

noun
These are words and phrases related to contract. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, allez à la définition de contract.

contract

verb
The firm contracted to deliver the merchandise in six months.

Antonyms

Synonyms for contract from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

to be so frightened or surprised that you cannot move or think

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