Contract and Open

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Contract

Contract verb - To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together.
Usage example: contract the calf muscles in your legs
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Antonyms for Contract
Open is an antonym for contract in topics: condense, come to terms.
Nearby Words: contracted, contraction, contracting, contractual, contractor

Open

Open verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.
Usage example: when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch
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Contract is an antonym for open.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
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Common collocations

case contract case open case

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / English Premier League Bogarde defiantly stayed and saw out the full length of his contract while being quite open about the fact that he was only doing so for the money.
    Source: Useful Notes / English Premier League
  • First she pulls the Obfuscating Stupidity trick to get him to open-sign the contract before she states what the wish is.
    Source: Wishplosion
  • Eye Awaken You see the eye of an underwater Eldrich Abomination open and the pupil contract.
    Source: Eye Awaken
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Antonyms for open

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