adjective. Opposed, as in character or purpose.

adjective. Opposite in direction or position: synonym: opposite.

adjective. Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval.

adjective. Adverse; unfavorable.

adjective. Given to recalcitrant behavior; willful or perverse.

noun. Something that is opposite or contrary.

noun. Either of two opposing or contrary things.

noun. A proposition related to another in such a way that if the latter is true, the former must be false, but if the latter is false, the former is not necessarily true.

adverb. In an opposite direction or manner; counter.

idiom. (by contraries) In opposition to what is expected.

idiom. (on the contrary) In opposition to what has been stated or what is expected.

idiom. (to the contrary) To the opposite effect from what has been stated or what is expected.

In a contrary way; with a contrary result.

In heraldry, oppositely; contrariwise: said of two bearings each of which is in some sense the reverse of the other.

To oppose; contradict.

Opposite; opposed; at the opposite point or in an opposite direction.

In botany, at right angles to: as, a silique compressed contrary to the dissepiment (that is, in a direction at right angles to it, in distinction from a parallel direction).

Extremely unlike; the most unlike of anything within the same class: thus, hot and cold, up and down, sage and fool, heaven and hell, are contrary terms.

Adverse; hostile; opposing; antagonistic; opposite; conflicting.

Given to contradiction; acting in opposition; captious; perverse; intractable; unaccommodating.

Wilful, Untoward, etc. See wayward.

noun. One of a pair of objects placed at opposite points or seen in opposite directions; an opposite.

noun. One of a pair of characters, propositions, statements, or terms, the most different possible within the same general sphere or class. See I., 3.

noun. A contradiction; a denial.

noun. An adversary.

adjective. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

adjective. Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

adjective. Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward.

adjective. Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other.

adjective. the progression of parts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending.

transitive verb. To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

noun. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

noun. An opponent; an enemy.

noun. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another. See Converse, n., 1.

noun. See Contraries.

noun. in opposition; on the other hand.

noun. to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side.

adjective. opposed in nature

adjective. strongly dissimilar

adverb. Contrarily

noun. The opposite.

noun. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.

verb. To oppose; to frustrate.

verb. To impugn.

verb. To contradict (someone or something).

verb. To do the opposite of (someone or something).

verb. To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.

verb. To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.

verb. To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

adjective. very opposed in nature or character or purpose

"'That as to what they had been advised, viz. to enter into any treaty, contrary to the free government right, which they had obtained, and which they still enjoyed, they considered it as _contrary to God, their honor, and their safety_.'"

in contrary  mediate and immediate contraries  on the contrary  to the contrary  

antonymous  different  disobedient  unfavorable  unfavourable  

contra  counter  

contrarian  contrarily  contrariwise  contrary to  on the contrary  

logical relation  oppositeness  opposition  

Arie  Azeri  Barrie  Barry  Berri  

absurd  adverse  contradictory  dangerous  hostile  

abjuratory  abnegative  adversary  adversative  adverse  

contraries  converse