CONTRARY Synonyms

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

• a relation of direct opposition

• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

• turning in the opposite direction

• directed or moving toward the rear

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• change to the contrary

• turn inside out or upside down

• rule against

• cancel officially

• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of

• arousing animosity or hostility

• used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

• indicating opposition or resistance

• characterized by antagonism or antipathy

• incapable of harmonious association

• sharply contrasted in character or purpose

• in disagreement

• on bad terms

• two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

• in disagreement

• unable for both to exist or be true at the same time

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• tending to move apart in different directions

• diverging from another or from a standard

• not compatible

• used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

• not suitable to your tastes or needs

• incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification

• of words so related that one contrasts with the other

• not easy to combine harmoniously

• not compatible with other facts

• not in keeping with what is correct or proper

• used especially of solids or solutions; incapable of blending into a stable homogeneous mixture

• opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• being in opposition or having an opponent

• characterized by active hostility

• contrary to your interests or welfare

• in an opposing direction

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• persist stubbornly

• marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

• resistant to guidance or discipline