Build and Contract

Opposite meaning words

Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Contract is an antonym for build in topics: develop, increase.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

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Build is an antonym for contract.

good	good build	good contract
physical	physical build	physical contract
full	full build	full contract
particular	particular build	particular contract
Other adjectives: similar, current, standard, original, initial, proper, single, entire, massive, large, big, huge, magic, new, final.

Conveniently, their children all inherit their new, fat build; possibly they contract the virus in utero.

Source: Horror Hunger
For example, one had the two of them competing for a military contract to build warships.

Source: Corrupt Corporate Executive
He and his fellow Grumman engineers are waiting to find out if they got the contract to build the Lunar Module.

Source: Series / From the Earth to the Moon

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Contract and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/contract

Build & Contract. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/contract>.

Contract or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/contract.

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