Nearby Words
diametric
| Main Entry: |
diametric
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, diametrical, facing, opposite, polar, reverse |
| Antonyms: | alike, coinciding, like, matching, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | contradictory |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | opposite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlike, conflicting; completely different |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrapositive, contrary, contrasted, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, diametrically opposed, different, differing, dissimilar, diverse, facing, flip-side, fronting, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unalike, unconnected, unrelated, unsimilar, violative, vis-á-vis |
| 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: | compatible, like, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite, opposed |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, diametric, reverse |
| Antonyms: | same, similar |
| Main Entry: | antipodal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed |
| Synonyms: | contrary, counter, diametric, opposite |
| Main Entry: | antipodean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, converse, diametric, diametrical, inverse, obverse, opposed, opposing, polar, reverse |
| Main Entry: | antonymic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, converse, diametric, diametrical, opposed, opposing, polar, reverse |
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