And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
Source: tatoeba (1637)
Contrary
//ˈkɑntɹɛɹi//
Synonyms for "contrary" (315 found)
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Closest matches (63)
adverseantonymousdifferentperversereverseabjuratoryabnegativeadversaryadversativeadversiveagainalienantagonisticantiantipatheticantipodalantipodeantipodeanantipodesantipole
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antithesisantitheticantitheticalantonymargumentativeassortedat cross-purposesat loggerheadsat oddsat opposite extremesat varianceat waraverseawkwardback to backbadbalancingbalkybolshiebulkycantankerouscaptiouscavilingchokingclashingclumsycompensatingcompetitiveconconflictingconfoundingconfrontingconfutativeconfutingconstrictivecontentioncontracontradictingcontradictory
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Adjective(6 words)
contradistinctcontrapositivecontrarilycontrariouscontrariwisecontrastedcontrastingcontrawisecontumaciousconverseconverselycountercounteractivecounterbalancecounterbalancingcountercheckcounterpointcounterpoisecounterpoisedcounterpole
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counterproductivecountertermcountervailingcrankycrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswisecumbersomedead againstdenyingdepartingdestructivedetrimentaldeviantdeviatingdeviativedifferentiateddifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscordantdiscrepantdiscretediscriminateddisharmoniousdisjoineddisobedientdisowningdisparatedisproportionatedissentientdissentingdissidentdissimilardissonantdistinctdistinguisheddivergentdivergingdiversdiversediversifiedenemyeyeball to eyeballface to facefoilfoulfractiousfretfulfrowardgratinghardharmfulheadstrongheterogeneoushinderinghindersomehostilehulkinghulkyimmiscibleimpious
Related words (157)
impracticalin disagreementin oppositionin opposition toin the wayinaccordantinauspiciousincompatibleincongruousinconsistentinconsonantinconvenientinharmoniousinhibitinginhibitiveinimicalinopportuneinsubordinateinterruptinginterruptive
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intractableinverseirascibleirreconcilablejanglingjarringjust oppositemanymiserablemotleymultifariousnaughtynegativenegatorynonconformablenonconformingnonconformistnoncooperativenonobservantnose to nosenot easyobstinateobstructingobstructiveobstruentobverseocclusiveoffseton contraryopponentopposedopposingoppositeopposite numberoppositelyoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantorneryout of accordout of whackoverthwartperverselypolarpoles apartpoles asunderponderousquarrelsomerebelliousrecalcitrantrecantingreciprocalrecusantrefractoryrefutativerefutatoryrefutingrenunciativerenunciatoryrepressiverepudiativerepugnantrestiverestrictivereversedrevocativerevocatoryrigorousrivalself-willedseparateseparatedsetoffseveralsinistersquared offstiflingstranglingstressfulstubbornstuffysulkysullensuppressivethe contrarythe other sidetroublesometroubloustryingunaccommodatingunadaptableunadjustableuncompliantunconformableunconforminguncongenialuncooperativeunequalunfavorableunfortunateunfriendlyunhandyunharmoniousunlikeunluckyunmanageableunpropitiousunrulyunsubmissiveuntowardunwieldyvariantvariedvariegatedvariousvaryingvice versavillainousvis-a-viswantonwaspishwaywardwidely apartwitherwardworlds apartwretchedwrongheaded
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(3 words)
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80 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- насрещен adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
- обратен adj (opposed)
- противоположен adj (opposed)
- обратно noun (the opposite)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 相反 adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
Dutch
2 entries- tegengesteld adj (opposed)
- tegenovergesteld adj (opposed)
Esperanto
1 entries- malakorda adj (opposed)
Finnish
3 entries- päinvastainen adj (opposed)
- vastainen adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
- vastakkainen adj (opposed)
French
4 entries- contraire adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
- contraire adj (opposed)
- contraire noun (the opposite)
- contrepied noun (the opposite)
Galician
2 entries- aveso noun (the opposite)
- contrario noun (the opposite)
German
4 entries- anders lautend adj (opposed)
- anderslautend adj (opposed)
- bockbeinig adj (given to opposition; perverse; wayward)
- bockig adj (given to opposition; perverse; wayward)
Ingrian
1 entries- vassakkain adj (opposed)
Irish
2 entries- ciotrúnta adj (given to opposition; perverse; wayward)
- contrártha adj (opposed)
Italian
2 entries- contrario adj (opposed)
- opposto adj (opposed)
Japanese
2 entries- 反する adj (opposed)
- 逆の adj (opposed)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮಾರು adj (opposed)
Latin
2 entries- contrārius adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
- contrārius adj (opposed)
Māori
4 entries- kōrori adj (opposed)
- tukipoho adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
- tukipoho adj (opposed)
- tūmū adj (opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse)
Persian
2 entries- جدکاره adj (opposed)
- مخالف adj (opposed)
Romanian
2 entries- contrar adj (opposed)
- opus adj (opposed)
Spanish
1 entries- contrario adj (opposed)
Sample 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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