constrained, a. involuntary, forced, unnatural, embarrassed.
constraint, n. compulsion, coercion, force, pressure; restraint, restriction.
constrictor, n. sphincter.
consultation, n. conference, council, convocation, advisement.
consummate, a. perfect, supreme, complete, finished.
consummation, n. fulfillment, perfection, realization, attainment.
consumption, n. phthisis; consuming.
contact, n. touching, tangency, contingency, impact, juxtaposition, osculation, contiguity, apposition, syzygy.
contagion, n. virus, infection, contagium.
contagious, a. communicable, infectious, pestilential, pestiferous. Antonym: incommunicable.
contain, v. comprise, embody, include, comprehend, hold, restrain.
container, n. receptacle.
contaminate, v. corrupt, pollute, defile, infect, taint, vitiate, sully, debase.
contamination, n. corruption, pollution, defilement, vitiation, taint, infection.
contemporaneous, a. contemporary, synchionous, synchronal, coexistent.
contemporary, a. contemporaneous, coeval.
contempt, n. disdain, scorn, contumely, derision, detestation, disgrace, reproach.
contemptible, a. despicable, abject.
contemptuous, a. disdainful, supercilious, scornful, insolent, flouting, cynical, contumelious, haughty.
contend, v. struggle, vie, wrestle, combat, compete; dispute, maintain, argue.
content, v. satisfy, appease, gratify.
contented, a. content, satisfied.
contention, n. controversy, dissension, altercation, quarrel, dispute.
contentious, a. disputatious, litigious, quarrelsome; dissentious, polemical.
contest, n. rivalry, match, tournament, tourney, competition, emulation; dispute, controversy, dissension, contention.
continual, a. ceaseless, incessant, constant, uninterrupted, unremitting.
continuance, n. endurance, persistence, constancy, continuation.
continuation, n. protraction, prolongation, continuance, perpetuation.
continued, a. prolonged, protracted, extended; serial.
continuous, a. ceaseless, uninterrupted, unceasing, continual, constant, running. Antonyms: intermittent, occasional, inconstant.
contraband, a. prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, illegal.
contract, v. reduce, narrow, condense; incur, acquire; covenant, agree; shrivel, shrink; syncopate.
contract, n. agreement, compact, covenant, pact, protocol, treaty, concordat, convention, stipulation.
contracting, a. astringent, puckering, contractile.
contraction, n. astriction, constriction, stricture, syncopation, condensation.
contradict, v. gainsay, controvert, impugn, dispute, contravene.
contradiction, n. gainsaying, opposition, contrariety, antagonism, paradox, inconsistency.