And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Source: tatoeba (1637)
Contrary
/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/
Synonyms for "contrary" (337 found)
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Closest matches (68)
Noun(5 words)
abjuratoryabnegativeadversaryadversativeadverseadversiveagainalienantagonisticantiantipatheticantipodalantipodeantipodeanantipodesantipoleantithesisantitheticantitheticalantonym
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antonymousargumentativeassortedat cross-purposesat loggerheadsat oddsat opposite extremesat varianceat waraverseawkwardback to backbadbalancingbalkybulkycantankerouscaptiouscavilingchokingclashingclumsycompensatingcompetitiveconconflictingconfoundingconfrontingconfutativeconfutingconstrictivecontentioncontracontradictingcontradictorycontradistinctcontrapositive
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (101)
Adjective(5 words)
contrarilycontrariouscontrariwisecontrastedcontrastingcontrawisecontumaciousconverseconverselycountercounteractivecounterbalancecounterbalancingcountercheckcounterpointcounterpoisecounterpoisedcounterpolecounterproductivecounterterm
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countervailingcrankycrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswisecumbersomedead againstdenyingdepartingdestructivedetrimentaldeviantdeviatingdeviativedifferentdifferentiateddifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscordantdiscrepantdiscretediscriminateddisharmoniousdisjoineddisobedientdisowningdisparatedisproportionatedissentientdissentingdissidentdissimilardissonantdistinctdistinguisheddivergentdivergingdiversdiversediversifiedenemyeyeball to eyeballface to facefoilfoulfractiousfretfulfrowardgratinghardharmfulheadstrongheterogeneoushinderinghindersomehostilehulkinghulkyimmiscibleimpiousimpracticalin disagreement
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (168)
in oppositionin opposition toin the wayinaccordantinauspiciousincompatibleincongruousinconsistentinconsonantinconvenientinharmoniousinhibitinginhibitiveinimicalinopportuneinsubordinateinterruptinginterruptiveintractableinverse
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irascibleirreconcilablejanglingjarringjust oppositemanymiserablemotleymultifariousnaughtynegativenegatorynonconformablenonconformingnonconformistnoncooperativenonobservantnose to nosenot easyobstinateobstructingobstructiveobstruentobverseocclusiveoffsetopponentopposedopposingoppositeopposite numberoppositelyoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryout of accordout of whackoverthwartperverseperverselypolarpoles apartpoles asunderponderousquarrelsomerebelliousrecalcitrantrecantingrecusantrefractoryrefutativerefutatoryrefutingrenunciativerenunciatoryrepressiverepudiativerepugnantrestiverestrictivereverserevocativerevocatoryrigorousrivalself-willedseparateseparatedsetoffseveralsinistersquared offstiflingstranglingstressfulstubbornstuffysulkysullensuppressivethe contrarythe other sidetroublesometroubloustryingunaccommodatingunadaptableunadjustableuncompliantunconformableunconforminguncongenialuncooperativeunequalunfavorableunfortunateunfriendlyunhandyunharmoniousunlikeunluckyunmanageableunpropitiousunrulyunsubmissiveuntowardunwieldyvariantvariedvariegatedvariousvaryingvice versavillainousvis-a-viswantonwaspishwaywardwidely apartworlds apartwretchedwrongheaded
Noun(13 words)
inversesmore opposingobstinateopponentopposed toopposingopposing forceopposite propositionoppositelypeevishperversereversewitherward
Adjective(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesadverbcontrastdisagreementdiscourse markerdispositionlogical relationoppositenessoppositionpropositionstatementtemperament
More specific
14 entriesadversarycontrary temperamentconverselycounterclaimcounterproposaldissentdissenting viewdissenting voiceopposing forceopposite claimoppositelyoppositional attitudeoppositional stancestubborn stance
Collocations
11 entriescontrary argumentcontrary beliefcontrary claimcontrary datacontrary evidencecontrary findingscontrary hypothesiscontrary positioncontrary propositioncontrary viewthe contrary
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
Source: tatoeba (1779)
You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.
Source: tatoeba (16013)
I will come on Monday unless you write to the contrary.
Source: tatoeba (17942)
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