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contingent has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
“arms sales contingent on the approval of congress”
a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
“each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics”
a temporary military unit
“the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent”
2 of the 5 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for contingent.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for contingent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.