Communication
Synonyms for contact
Synonyms for contact: touch, meet, acquaintance, liaison and reach. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for contact
Interchangeable with contact, one per sense
Audited under contact's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one contact carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name contact as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- acquaintanceacquaintance is a noun in the sense "a person one knows slightly but who is not a close friend"
- liaisonliaison is a noun in the sense "a channel for communication between groups"
- reachreach is a verb in the sense "be in or establish communication with"
two of these come from contact's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a communicative interaction
The pilot made contact with the base.
contact in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The manager asked her assistant to contact the supplier before the shipment deadline.
- She promised to contact her sister as soon as the train arrived.
How it behaves: As a noun in this sense, contact usually appears in the fixed phrase 'make contact with' followed by the person or group reached, in a neutral to formal register.
The true synonym
touch
Same sentence, swapped: The pilot made touch with the base.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- link
- striking
- test
be in direct physical contact with
The surfaces contact at this point.
contact in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The gasket has to contact the flange fully, or the seal will leak under pressure.
- In the diagram, the two wires contact only at the crossing point near the switch.
How it behaves: In this sense contact is typically intransitive, taking a physical subject such as surfaces, edges, or parts, and often pairs with a prepositional phrase like 'at' a point, especially in technical or engineering writing.
The true synonym
meet
Same sentence, swapped: The surfaces meet at this point.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for contact in the sentence quoted.
- carry
- continue
- truck
Opposites, in this sense
separate and clear reverse contact as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of contact takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- separate
- clear
Where contact turns up in the game
contact is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where contact is the trap
Play contact
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contact reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company contact keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contact carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.