CONTRASTIVE Synonyms

• sharply contrasted in character or purpose

• sharply and harshly discordant

• 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

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

• including markedly dissimilar elements

• not similar

• not alike or similar

• easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined

• (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality

• constituting a separate entity or part

• recognizable; marked

• clearly or sharply defined to the mind

• tending to move apart in different directions

• diverging from another or from a standard

• lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

• being in opposition or having an opponent

• of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem

• a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

• a relation of direct opposition

• a contestant that you are matched against

• something inverted in sequence or character or effect

• directly facing each other

• being directly across from each other; facing

• moving or facing away from each other

• the other one of a complementary pair

• altogether different in nature or quality or significance

• characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed

• marked by dissimilarity

• not equal in amount

• an event that departs from expectations

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• a variable quantity that is random

• something a little different from others of the same type

• differing from a norm or standard

• exhibiting variation and change

• marked by diversity or difference

• 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