Synonyms for "contrarily" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

against the grainaliasarsy varsybackwardcontrariwise

Adverb(3 words)

arse about facebackwardscontra

Strong matches (12)

Adverb(5 words)

contrariwisecontrastedlycountergainwisein contrast

Adverb(1 words)

contrariwise

contrarycrosselsehead over heelsin contrast to

Adjective(1 words)

cross

Related words (19)

inverselyon contraryon the other handotherwiseoverratherthantopsy turvyturned aroundunfavorablyunlikeupside downvice versa

Adverb(3 words)

on the contraryperverselyto the contrary

Adverb(3 words)

otherwaysotherwisereversedly

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

dissimilarly

More specific

6 entries

back to frontcross-handedinside outon the contraryupside downvice versa

Synonyms

2 entries

contrariwiseon contrary

derived from

1 entries

contrary

related to

1 entries

contrary

Translations

13 translations across 10 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• contràriament adv (in a contrary manner)

Dutch

1 entries

• daarentegen adv (in a contrary manner)

Esperanto

1 entries

• kontraŭe adv (in a contrary manner)

French

2 entries

• au contraire adv (in a contrary manner)
• contrairement (à) adv (in a contrary manner)

German

1 entries

• dagegen adv (in a contrary manner)

Polish

1 entries

• przeciwnie adv (in a contrary manner)

Portuguese

1 entries

• contrariamente adv (in a contrary manner)

Romanian

2 entries

• în mod contrar adv (in a contrary manner)
• în mod invers adv (in a contrary manner)

Spanish

1 entries

• contrariamente adv (in a contrary manner)

Swedish

2 entries

• på motsatt sätt adv (in a contrary manner)
• tvärtom adv (in a contrary manner)

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