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
Pack and contract are semantically related in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Pack" instead a verb "Contract", when it comes to topics like compress.
How words are described
| old | old contract | old pack |
| full | full contract | full pack |
| special | special contract | special pack |
| similar | similar contract | similar pack |
| Other adjectives: regular, standard, original, free, single, actual, entire, massive, large, huge, new, major, next, dual, last, giant, recent, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The original 'packs had this problem, but the new, 1990 pack—a consequence of the Ghostbusters' new contract with the city—has a cut-out feature that shuts the pack down, allows it to cool, and restarts it about ten seconds later.
Source: Explosive Overclocking -
Once upon a time in TNA there was a pack called the Aces & Eights, which Doc was a part of, only to leave after the group passed him over for Vice President in favor of Ken Anderson.note In reality it was over TNA neglecting to do a contract negotiation before his deal ran out.
Source: Wrestling / Bullet Club -
Likewise, one of the the Power Pack kids (whichever one has that power this week) can expand but becomes less dense, eventually turning into a vapor cloud, or can contract into a super-dense mini-tank.
Source: Square/Cube Law
Cite this Source
Pack and Contract. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/pack
Contract & Pack. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/pack>.
Pack or Contract. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/pack.
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