Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun contractor
4 senses of contractor
Sense 1
contractor -- (someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things)
=> builder, constructor -- (someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building))
Sense 2
contractor, declarer -- (the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps)
=> bridge player, hand -- (a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge")
Sense 3
contractor -- ((law) a party to a contract)
=> party -- (a person involved in legal proceedings; "the party of the first part")
Sense 4
contractile organ, contractor -- (a bodily organ that contracts)
=> organ -- (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)