Синонимы и антонимы. Сборник общеупотребительных слов с похожими и с противоположными по смыслу словами.

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Contract, v. Narrow, abbreviate, abridge, lessen, reduce, compress; shrivel, shrink; agree, stipulate, bargain.

Ant. Expand, amplify, dilate; reverse, cancel, abandon.

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Contradict. Deny, gainsay, dispute, impugn, controvert; oppose, counteract, annul, thwart, abrogate.

Ant. Maintain, argue, confirm, state, affirm, endorse.

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Contrary. Opposite, opposed, adverse, counter; conflicting, contradictory, antagonistic, repugnant; perverse, obstinate, stubborn, headstrong.

Ant. Compatible, agreeing, kindred, compliant, submissive; consistent.

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Contrast, v. Differentiate, discriminate, oppose, compare.

Ant. Resemble, be like or similar, liken, harmonize.

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Contribute. Add, give, cooperate, assist, subscribe, supply.

Ant. Refuse, withhold, deny.

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Contribution. Donation, offering, gift, subscription, subsidy, aid, assistance.

Ant. Withholding, retention, reservation.

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Contrive. Plan, design, devise, invent, project, form, frame, scheme, plot, consider; manage, make out; concert, adjust.

Ant. Hit, chance, venture, bungle, hazard; mismanage, miscontrive.

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Control, v. Direct, manage, rule, command, sway, superintend; hinder, repress, restrain, curb, check.

Ant. License, free; neglect, abandon; mismanage, misconduct.

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Controversy. Dispute, altercation, contention, disagreement.

Ant. Agreement, unanimity, coincidence.

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Contumacy. Obstinacy, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy; disobedience, insolence.

Ant. Docility, tractableness, flattering, fawning, servility.

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Contumely. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, insolence, abuse, contempt, scorn, disdain, arrogance.

Ant. Regard, consideration, adulation, obsequiousness.

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Convene. Assemble, meet, congregate, summon, master, collect.

Ant. Dismiss, disperse, disband, dissipate.

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Convenient. Suitable, fit, appropriate, proper, adapted; advantageous, commodious, comfortable, useful, serviceable.

Ant. Inconvenient, useless, awkward, superfluous; inopportune.

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Convention. Assemblage, conference, meeting, concourse, session, synod, congress, convocation; treaty, compact.

Ant. Recess, dissolution, prorogation; dispersion, scattering; promise, understanding, parole.

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Conventional. Usual, customary, ordinary, habitual, regular, wonted, prevalent, social, everyday; stipulated.

Ant. Unusual, erratic, extraordinary; legal, compulsory.

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Conversant. Familiar, skilled, acquainted, proficient, versed.

Ant. Strange, ignorant, unversed, unlearned.

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Conversation. Converse, communion, intercourse, parley, talk, chat, conference, communication, discourse, colloquy, dialogue.

Ant. Speech, oration, harangue, soliloquy, apostrophe, monologue, silence, taciturnity.

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Converse, a. Opposite, reverse, contrary, counter, contradictory.

Ant. Identical, one, same, indistinguishable; direct, primary.

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Conversion. Alteration, transmutation, change, transformation.

Ant. Permanence, identity, persistence, conservation.

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Convertible. Equivalent, interchangeable, identical; reversible.

Ant. Variant, contrary, incommensurate.

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Convey. Take, transfer, move, change, carry, shift, transmit, transport, remove, consign, relegate.

Ant. Retain, preserve, hold, cling to, possess.

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Conviction. Belief, assurance, persuasion; confutation, refutation; proof, detection.

Ant. Doubt, disbelief, misgiving; vindication, justification.

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Convince. Persuade, satisfy, enlighten, indoctrinate, inoculate.

Ant. Mislead, mystify, perplex, puzzle, unsettle, upset; turn, convert.

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Convivial. Social, festive, hospitable, jovial, jolly, companionable, gay.

Ant. Inhospitable, unsocial, unneighborly, churlish; abstemious, ascetic, austere.

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Convocation. Convention, congress, assemblage, council, synod.

Ant. Dispersion, disruption, dismission, dismissal.

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Convolution. Coil, involution, spiral, twist, contortion.

Ant. Unfolding, evolution, unraveling, explication.

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Convoy. Escort, guard, attendance, protection.

Ant. Capture, betrayal, onset, onslaught, hold up.

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Convulse. Disturb, shake, agitate.

Ant. Calm, compose, soothe, assuage.

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Cool. Somewhat cold, chilling, frigid, freezing; unimpassioned, composed, collected, unruffled, self-possessed, sedate, placid, quiet; indifferent, unconcerned, apathetic.

Ant. Hot, warm, burning, heated, excitable, ardent, eager.

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Cooperate. Assist, abet, help, conspire, concur, co-labor.

Ant. Oppose, thwart, rival, counteract, conflict, hinder, defeat, frustrate.

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Coordinate. Equal, equivalent, proportionate, commensurate, tantamount, equipollent.

Ant. Subordinate; disparate, extraneous; inferior, superior.

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Copy. Portraiture, facsimile, duplicate, imitation, likeness, image, transcript, counterfeit.

Ant. Model, original, pattern, example, prototype, archetype, exemplar.

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Cordial. Earnest, warm, hearty, ardent, affectionate, sincere, invigorating, refreshing, pleasing, grateful.

Ant. Cool, formal, ceremonious, distant, reserved, disinclined.

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Corner. Angle, bend, crotch, knee; nook, recess, niche, retreat.

Ant. Abutment, protrusion, prominence, convexity, projection.

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Corollary. Inference, conclusion, deduction, consequence.

Ant. Problem, proposition.

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Corporal, Corporeal. Fleshly, bodily, material, physical.

Ant. Spiritual, mental, intellectual, moral, ethereal, immaterial.

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Corps. Body of troops, division of army, squadron, band, company.