Contracted

/kənˈtɹæktɪd/

Synonyms for "contracted" (170 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (34)

abated abbreviated ablated abridged affianced agreed aphoristic aposiopestic arranged assured attenuated bated belittled betrothed blank blind blind-alley bound brief brusque

Show 4 more words

cecal chokedchoked offclamped

Verb(9 words)

abbreviatedabbreviated formacquireacquired illnessacquired infectionapprenticedbecome infectedbound catch

Adjective(1 words)

clenched

Strong matches (51)

clipped close closed committed compact compacted compendious compressed compromised concentrated concise condensed consolidated constricted consumed covenanted cramped crisp curt curtailed

Show 16 more words

cut deaddead enddead-end decreased deflated diminished dissipated docked dropped elliptic elliptical engaged epigrammatic eroded fallen

Verb(13 words)

commissioned compress compressed condense condensedcontracted formcontracted illnesscontractualelided formenter into an agreementflexed foreshortenedform a binding agreement

Adjective(1 words)

degraded form

Noun(1 words)

externally managed arrangement

Related words (85)

gnomic guaranteed intended knitted laconic less lesser lour lower lowered miniaturized minimized nipped obligated pinched pinched-in pithy pledged plighted pointed

Show 51 more words

promised pruned puckered pursed reduced reserved retrenched scaled-down sealed sententious settled shorn shortshort and sweetshortened shorter shrunk shrunken shut signed smaller solidified spartan squeezedsqueezed shutstipulated strangled strangulated succinct summary sworn synopsized taciturn terse tightto the pointtruncated undertaken underwritten unopen unopened unvented unventilated warrantedwasp waistedwasp-waistedwatered downwatered-down weakened worn wrinkled

Verb(13 words)

indenturedmake a contractobligated outsourced procured reduce reducedshort formshortened shrank shrink syncopatedunder obligation

Noun(1 words)

tensing

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

10 entries

agreementchange of statecontractual relationshipdimensional propertydiseasedisease statusgrammatical formhealth statuslegal statuslinguistic form

More specific

20 entries

can'tcompress condensecondensed dimensionsdon'tform a contractinfluenzaink a contractit'smalaria measles minify pneumoniareduced capacityservice providershortened length

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

11 entries

breach of contractcontract lawcontract termscontracted diseasecontracted formcontracted languagecontracted musclecontracted vendorenter into a contractsign a contractuncontracted form

Inflections

4 entries

contracting contractsmore contractedmost contracted

Derivations

7 entries

contract contractedly contractibility contraction contractor contractual uncontracted

Antonyms

1 entries

expanded

similar

1 entries

contractile

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We were contracted to build a railway.

Source: tatoeba (22806)

Mr Brown contracted with the builder for a new house.

Source: tatoeba (34241)

My father contracted pneumonia last month.

Source: tatoeba (251706)

I'm afraid I've contracted a venereal disease.

Source: tatoeba (271268)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

More for "contracted"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog