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Consult. Deliberate, take counsel, confer, advise with, canvass, question, consider, regard.

Ant. Dictate, counteract, contradict.

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Consume. Eat up, devour; destroy, lavish, dissipate, waste, spend.

Ant. Discard, reject, throw aside; preserve, replenish, supply, provide.

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Consummate, a. Perfect, excellent, supreme, finished, complete.

Ant. Common, faulty, defective, ordinary, mediocre.

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Consummation. Achievement, attainment, completion, termination, accomplishment, fulfilment, realization, close, finish, finale.

Ant. Beginning, attempt, inception, initiation, source, origin.

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Consumption. Expenditure, use, waste, extinction, destruction.

Ant. Development, increase, growth, enlargement, augmentation.

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Contact. Touch, junction, contiguity, closeness, union.

Ant. Adjacence, proximity; separation, distance, isolation.

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Contagion. Infection; contamination, taint, pestilence, corruption.

Ant. Prevention; antisepsis, disinfection.

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Contain. Include, embody, comprehend, comprise, embrace; restrain, hold.

Ant. Omit, exclude, drop, discharge; yield, give way.

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Contaminate. Taint, defile, corrupt, sully.

Ant. Cleanse, purify.

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Contemn. Despise, scorn, disdain, slight.

Ant. Venerate, respect.

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Contemplate. Meditate, study, ponder, survey, reflect; intend, design.

Ant. Overlook, waive, abandon; execute, complete, do.

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Contemptible. Despicable, abject, base, worthless, mean, low.

Ant. Respectable, venerable; worthy, estimable, important, grave.

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Contend. Strive, fight, struggle, combat; debate, argue, dispute; affirm, assert, maintain, claim.

Ant. Concede, allow, surrender.

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Content. Satisfied, pleased, easy, willing, resigned, gratified.

Ant. Reluctant, unwilling, unsatisfied, rebellious, discontent.

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Contention. Strife, dissension, quarrel, rupture, dispute, debate, controversy, altercation.

Ant. Peace, amity, harmony, concord, reconciliation.

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Contingent, a. Casual, happening, fortuitous, dependent, incidental, provisional, uncertain.

Ant. Independent, absolute, positive, uncontrolled, uninfluenced, unaffected.

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Continual. Incessant, ceaseless, invariable, perpetual, constant, uninterrupted, unbroken, unremitting, continuous.

Ant. Exceptional, irregular, casual, contingent, intermittent, interrupted, suspended.

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Continually. Constantly, perpetually, ever, always, repeatedly, frequently, continuously.

Ant. Occasionally, rarely, sometimes.

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Continue. Remain, endure, persist; abide, stay, tarry; persevere, be constant or steadfast.

Ant. Stop, cease, fail, pause.

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Contract, n. Compact, stipulation, agreement, arrangement, bargain, covenant, pact, obligation, pledge, engagement, bond.

Ant. Promise, parole, assurance, understanding, assumption.

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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, coöperate, 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.