All contradistinctive synonyms
con·tra·dis·tinc·tion
C c adj contradistinctive
- contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- distinct — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- distinctive — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- offbeat — differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian.
- diverse — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- various — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- other — additional or further: he and one other person.
- divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- colorful — Something that is colorful has bright colors or a lot of different colors.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- deviating — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.
- single — only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
- unequal — not equal; not of the same quantity, quality, value, rank, ability, etc.: People are unequal in their capacities.
- unrelated — associated; connected.
- variant — tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying: variant shades of color.
- divers — several; various; sundry: divers articles.
- antithetic — of the nature of or involving antithesis.
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- at variance — If one thing is at variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- unsimilar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
adjective contradistinctive
- dissimilar — not similar; unlike; different.
- unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
- changed — Simple past tense and past participle of change.
- colourful — Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours.
- contradistinct — Distinguished by opposite qualities.