All contra synonyms
conΒ·tra
C c noun contra
- opposite β situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- opposite β situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- reversal β an act or instance of reversing.
- inverse β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- reverse β opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- converse β If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
- contrary β Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- antipode β the exact or direct opposite
- contradictory β If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
- contrast β A contrast is a great difference between two or more things which is clear when you compare them.
- counter β In a place such as a shop or cafΓ©, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- obverse β the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- antithesis β The antithesis of something is its exact opposite.
- paradox β a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- contradiction β If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
- counterpart β Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- foil β to cover or back with foil.
- opposition β the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- antonym β The antonym of a word is a word which means the opposite.
- about-face β An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- underside β an under or lower side.
- regression β the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
- bottom β The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- flip-flop β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- retrogression β the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- reversion β the act of turning something the reverse way.
- rear β the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- turnabout β the act of turning in a different or opposite direction.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- verso β a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- turning β a movement of partial or total rotation: a slight turn of the handle.
- retroversion β a looking or turning back.
- volte-face β a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- flip side β the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- antipole β the opposite pole
- vice versa β the other way around
- antilogy β a contradiction in terms
- turn around β move to face away
prep contra
- across β If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other.
- adjacent β If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- facing β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- opposing β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- versus β against (used especially to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest): Smith versus Jones; Army versus Navy.
- vs β the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- against β If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
- almost β You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.
- approaching β coming closer in time