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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, agin, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetic, antithetical, con, conflicting, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, negating, no go, nullifying, opposing, opposite, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, reverse |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, confirming, consistent, reconcilable, reconciled, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antithesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exact opposite |
| Synonyms: | antipode, antipole, contra, contradictory, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, flip side, inverse, other side, reverse |
| Antonyms: | same |
| Main Entry: | antithetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reverse |
| Synonyms: | contradictory, contrary, contrasted, converse, counter, inverse, opposed, opposite, polarized, poles apart |
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
| Synonyms: | adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, wrongheaded |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | accommodating, agreeing, alike, concordant, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, counter, counterpole, different, reverse, reversed, transposed |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | complementary, equal, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite, opposing |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, antagonistic, anti, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, diametric, hindering, impeding, obstructive, obverse, opposed, polar, reverse |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, concurring, corresponding, corroborating, equal, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | diametric/diametrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed, conflicting |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, facing, opposite, polar, reverse |
| Antonyms: | approving, coinciding, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | discrepant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
| Synonyms: | at variance, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, differing, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, unmixable, varying |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious |
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