Definition of contra, Meaning of contra, Translation of contra

Contra Click to Search Contra
noun a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua • Hypernyms: Nicaraguan

contra danse Click to Search contra danse
I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance • Derivationally related forms: contredanse (for: contredanse), country-dance (for: country-dance) • Hypernyms: folk dancing, folk dance • Hyponyms: longways, longways dance, square dance, square dancing, do-si-do, promenade, sashay, swing, landler II verb perform a contradance • Syn: contradance, country-dance, contredanse • Derivationally related forms: contredanse (for: contredanse), country-dance (for: country-dance) • Hypernyms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Sam and Sue contra danse

contraband Click to Search contraband
I noun goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law • Derivationally related forms: contrabandist • Hypernyms: merchandise, ware, product II adjective distributed or sold illicitly (Freq. 1) - example : the black economy pays no taxes • Syn: bootleg, black, black-market, smuggled • Similar to: illegal

contrabandist Click to Search contrabandist
noun someone who imports or exports without paying duties • Syn: smuggler, runner, moon curser, moon-curser • Derivationally related forms: contraband, smuggle (for: smuggler) • Hypernyms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor • Hyponyms: coyote, gunrunner, arms-runner, rumrunner

contrabass Click to Search contrabass
I noun largest and lowest member of the violin family (Freq. 1) • Syn: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass • Hypernyms: bowed stringed instrument, string, bass II adjective pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range - example : contrabass or double-bass clarinet • Syn: double-bass • Similar to: low, low-pitched

contrabassoon Click to Search contrabassoon
noun the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family • Syn: contrafagotto, double bassoon • Hypernyms: bassoon

contraception Click to Search contraception
noun birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery (Freq. 4) • Syn: contraceptive method • Hypernyms: birth control, birth prevention, family planning • Hyponyms: oral contraception, surgical contraception

contraceptive Click to Search contraceptive
I noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception (Freq. 4) • Syn: preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device • Derivationally related forms: preventive (for: preventive) • Hypernyms: device • Hyponyms: cervical cap, coil, condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic, diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm, intrauterine device, IUD, morning-after pill, pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant, spermicide, spermatocide II adjective capable of preventing conception or impregnation - example : contraceptive devices and medications • Syn: prophylactic, antifertility • Similar to: protective • Derivationally related forms: prophylactic (for: prophylactic)

contraceptive device Click to Search contraceptive device
noun an agent or device intended to prevent conception (Freq. 1) • Syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, prophylactic device, birth control device • Derivationally related forms: preventive (for: preventive) • Hypernyms: device • Hyponyms: cervical cap, coil, condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic, diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm, intrauterine device, IUD, morning-after pill, pill, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant, spermicide, spermatocide

contraceptive diaphragm Click to Search contraceptive diaphragm
noun a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix • Syn: diaphragm, pessary • Hypernyms: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device

contraceptive method Click to Search contraceptive method
noun birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery • Syn: contraception • Hypernyms: birth control, birth prevention, family planning • Hyponyms: oral contraception, surgical contraception

contraceptive pill Click to Search contraceptive pill
noun a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception • Syn: pill, birth control pill, oral contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, anovulatory drug, anovulant • Hypernyms: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device • Hyponyms: Demulen, Enovid, Loestrin, Lo/Ovral, Micronor, Modicon, Norinyl, Norlestrin, Nor-Q-D, Ovocon, Ovral, Ovrette, Ovulen • Substance Meronyms: progesterone, Lipo-Lutin

contraclockwise Click to Search contraclockwise
adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock • Syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise • Ant: clockwise (for: counterclockwise) • Similar to: levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed • See Also: sinistral

contract Click to Search contract
I noun 1. a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law (Freq. 19) • Derivationally related forms: contractual • Members of this Topic: broken, unkept, unbroken, kept, terminated, subscribed, article, clause, loophole, handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp, declaration, renegociate, renegotiate • Hypernyms: written agreement • Hyponyms: adhesion contract, contract of adhesion, aleatory contract, bilateral contract, charter, conditional contract, cost-plus contract, gambling contract, lease, marriage contract, marriage settlement, output contract, policy, insurance policy, insurance, purchase contract, purchase agreement, quasi contract, requirements contract, sealed instrument, contract under seal, special contract, service contract, severable contract, subcontract, partnership, articles of agreement, shipping articles, concession, grant, labor contract, labor agreement, collective agreement, employment contract, employment agreement, distribution agreement, licensing agreement, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, sale in gross, contract of hazard, indenture • Part Meronyms: arbitration clause, reserve clause, fine print, small print, boilerplate 2. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make (Freq. 2) • Syn: declaration • Derivationally related forms: declare (for: declaration) • Hypernyms: bid, bidding • Part Holonyms: bridge 3. a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid • Syn: contract bridge • Hypernyms: bridge • Hyponyms: no-trump II verb 1. enter into a contractual arrangement (Freq. 8) • Syn: undertake • Derivationally related forms: contractor • Hypernyms: promise, assure • Hyponyms: stipulate, sign, qualify, condition, specify, rent, lease, hire, charter • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE - example : They contract to move 2. engage by written agreement (Freq. 3) - example : They signed two new pitchers for the next season • Syn: sign, sign on, sign up • Derivationally related forms: signer (for: sign) • Hypernyms: hire, engage, employ • Hyponyms: contract out • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s somebody - example : Somebody ----s (for: sign) 3. squeeze or press together (Freq. 2) - example : she compressed her lips - example : the spasm contracted the muscle • Syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, press • Derivationally related forms: press (for: press), pressing (for: press), contraction, contracture, contractor, constriction (for: constrict), constrictor (for: constrict), compressible (for: compress), compression (for: compress), compressor (for: compress), compressing (for: compress) • Hypernyms: tighten • Hyponyms: choke, strangle, prim, astringe, strangulate, convulse, bear down, overbear, gag, fret, scrag • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 4. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness (Freq. 2) - example : He got AIDS - example : She came down with pneumonia - example : She took a chill • Syn: take, get • Derivationally related forms: contracting • Hypernyms: sicken, come down • Hyponyms: catch • Verb Group: catch • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 5. become smaller or draw together (Freq. 1) - example : The fabric shrank - example : The balloon shrank • Syn: shrink • Ant: expand, stretch (for: shrink) • Derivationally related forms: contraction, shrinkage (for: shrink) • Hypernyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall • Hyponyms: flex • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s 6. make smaller - example : The heat contracted the woollen garment • Derivationally related forms: contraction • Hypernyms: shrink, reduce • Hyponyms: purse, wrinkle • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 7. compress or concentrate - example : Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan • Syn: condense, concentrate • Derivationally related forms: contraction, concentration (for: concentrate), condensation (for: condense) • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Verb Group: condense • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Something ----s something 8. make or become more narrow or restricted - example : The selection was narrowed - example : The road narrowed • Syn: narrow • Ant: widen (for: narrow) • See Also: narrow down (for: narrow) • Derivationally related forms: contraction, narrow (for: narrow), narrowing (for: narrow) • Hypernyms: change • Hyponyms: bottleneck, taper off • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Something ----s something 9. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements - example : The manuscript must be shortened • Syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, reduce • Ant: expand • Derivationally related forms: contraction, shortener (for: shorten), abbreviator (for: abbreviate), abridgement (for: abridge), abridger (for: abridge) • Hypernyms: decrease, lessen, minify • Hyponyms: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten, digest, condense, concentrate • Verb Group: edit, cut, edit out • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Something ----s something

contract bridge Click to Search contract bridge
noun a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid • Syn: contract • Hypernyms: bridge • Hyponyms: no-trump

contract in Click to Search contract in
verb consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use • Ant: contract out • Hypernyms: accept, consent, go for • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s

contract killing Click to Search contract killing
noun a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer • Hypernyms: murder, slaying, execution

contract law Click to Search contract law
noun that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts • Members of this Topic: acceptance • Hypernyms: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy

contract of adhesion Click to Search contract of adhesion
noun a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power • Syn: adhesion contract • Hypernyms: contract

contract of hazard Click to Search contract of hazard
noun a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage • Syn: sale in gross • Hypernyms: contract

contract offer Click to Search contract offer
noun offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate • Hypernyms: offer, offering

contract out Click to Search contract out
verb 1. assign a job to someone outside one's own business • Hypernyms: sign, contract, sign on, sign up • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Somebody ----s something PP 2. refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use • Ant: contract in • Hypernyms: refuse, decline • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s

contract under seal Click to Search contract under seal
noun a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached • Syn: sealed instrument, special contract • Hypernyms: contract

contractable Click to Search contractable
adjective (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection • Syn: catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible, transmittable • Similar to: infectious • Derivationally related forms: transmit (for: transmissible), contagion (for: contagious), catching (for: catching)

contracted Click to Search contracted
adjective reduced in size or pulled together - example : the contracted pupils of her eyes • Ant: expanded • Similar to: contractile

contractile Click to Search contractile
adjective capable of contracting or being contracted - example : the contractile wings of an insect • Similar to: contracted • Derivationally related forms: contractility

contractile organ Click to Search contractile organ
noun a bodily organ that contracts • Syn: contractor • Derivationally related forms: contract (for: contractor) • Hypernyms: organ • Hyponyms: muscle, musculus

contractility Click to Search contractility
noun the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter • Derivationally related forms: contractile • Hypernyms: ability • Hyponyms: astringency, stypsis

contracting Click to Search contracting
noun becoming infected - example : catching cold is sometimes unavoidable - example : the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic • Syn: catching • Derivationally related forms: contract, catching (for: catching) • Hypernyms: acquiring, getting

contraction Click to Search contraction
noun 1. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (Freq. 1) • Syn: muscular contraction, muscle contraction • Derivationally related forms: contract • Topics: physiology • Hypernyms: shortening • Hyponyms: contracture, tetanus, uterine contraction, Braxton-Hicks contraction, false labor, vaginismus 2. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together - example : the contraction of a gas on cooling • Syn: compression, condensation • Derivationally related forms: condense (for: condensation), compress (for: compression) • Hypernyms: shrinking, shrinkage • Hyponyms: constriction, coarctation 3. a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds - example : `won't' is a contraction of `will not' - example : `o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock' • Hypernyms: word 4. the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope • Ant: expansion • Derivationally related forms: contract • Hypernyms: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

contractor Click to Search contractor
noun 1. someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things (Freq. 5) • Derivationally related forms: contract • Hypernyms: builder, constructor • Hyponyms: defense contractor, hauler, haulier, ship-breaker, subcontractor 2. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps • Syn: declarer • Derivationally related forms: declare (for: declarer) • Hypernyms: bridge player, hand 3. (law) a party to a contract • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: party • Hyponyms: builder, constructor 4. a bodily organ that contracts • Syn: contractile organ • Derivationally related forms: contract • Hypernyms: organ • Hyponyms: muscle, musculus

contractual Click to Search contractual
adjective relating to or part of a binding legal agreement (Freq. 4) - example : contractual obligations • Pertains to noun: contract • Derivationally related forms: contract

contractually Click to Search contractually
adverb by virtue of a contract - example : they were contractually responsible • Derived from adjective: contractual

contracture Click to Search contracture
noun an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle • Derivationally related forms: contract • Hypernyms: contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction

contradance Click to Search contradance
I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse • Derivationally related forms: contra danse (for: contra danse), contredanse (for: contredanse), country-dance (for: country-dance) • Hypernyms: folk dancing, folk dance • Hyponyms: longways, longways dance, square dance, square dancing, do-si-do, promenade, sashay, swing, landler II verb perform a contradance • Syn: country-dance, contredanse, contra danse • Derivationally related forms: contra danse (for: contra danse), contredanse (for: contredanse), country-dance (for: country-dance) • Hypernyms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s - example : Sam and Sue contradance

contradict Click to Search contradict
verb 1. be in contradiction with (Freq. 5) • Syn: belie, negate • Derivationally related forms: negation (for: negate), contradictory • Hypernyms: deviate, vary, diverge, depart • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s something 2. deny the truth of (Freq. 1) • Syn: negate, contravene • Derivationally related forms: negative (for: negate), negation (for: negate), contradictory, contradiction • Hypernyms: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue • Hyponyms: deny • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 3. be resistant to - example : The board opposed his motion • Syn: oppose, controvert • Derivationally related forms: opponent (for: oppose), opposer (for: oppose) • Hypernyms: refute, rebut • Hyponyms: veto, blackball, negative, protest, resist, dissent • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 4. prove negative; show to be false • Syn: negate • Ant: affirm (for: negate) • Derivationally related forms: negative (for: negate) • Topics: logic, logical system, system of logic • Hypernyms: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew • Hyponyms: invalidate, nullify, disprove, confute • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something - example : Something ----s something - example : Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

contradiction Click to Search contradiction
noun 1. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas (Freq. 7) • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness • Hyponyms: dialectic 2. (logic) a statement that is necessarily false (Freq. 1) - example : the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction • Syn: contradiction in terms • Topics: logic • Hypernyms: falsehood, falsity, untruth • Hyponyms: antinomy, paradox 3. the speech act of contradicting someone - example : he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction • Derivationally related forms: contradict • Hypernyms: negation • Hyponyms: self-contradiction

contradiction in terms Click to Search contradiction in terms
noun (logic) a statement that is necessarily false - example : the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction • Syn: contradiction • Topics: logic • Hypernyms: falsehood, falsity, untruth • Hyponyms: antinomy, paradox

contradictorily Click to Search contradictorily
adverb in a contradictory manner (Freq. 1) - example : he argued contradictorily • Derived from adjective: contradictory

contradictoriness Click to Search contradictoriness
noun the relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist • Derivationally related forms: contradictory • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness • Hyponyms: incompatibility, mutual exclusiveness, inconsistency, repugnance

contradictory Click to Search contradictory
I noun two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time • Hypernyms: logical relation II adjective 1. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false (Freq. 1) - example : `perfect' and `imperfect' are contradictory terms • Similar to: antonymous • Derivationally related forms: contradictoriness, contradict 2. in disagreement - example : the figures are at odds with our findings - example : "contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving vindictiveness"- John Morley • Syn: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory • Similar to: inconsistent • Derivationally related forms: contradictoriness, contradict 3. that confounds or contradicts or confuses • Syn: confounding • Similar to: unsupportive • Derivationally related forms: contradict 4. unable to be both true at the same time • Syn: mutually exclusive • Similar to: incompatible • Derivationally related forms: contradictoriness, contradict

contradistinction Click to Search contradistinction
noun a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast (Freq. 1) - example : sculpture in contradistinction to painting • Derivationally related forms: contradistinguish • Hypernyms: differentiation, distinction

contradistinguish Click to Search contradistinguish
verb distinguish by contrasting qualities • Derivationally related forms: contradistinction • Hypernyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something

contrafagotto Click to Search contrafagotto
noun the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family • Syn: contrabassoon, double bassoon • Hypernyms: bassoon

contrail Click to Search contrail
noun an artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust • Syn: condensation trail • Hypernyms: cloud

contraindicate Click to Search contraindicate
verb make a treatment inadvisable • Ant: indicate • Derivationally related forms: contraindication • Hypernyms: rede, advise, counsel • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s something

contraindication Click to Search contraindication
noun (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment • Ant: indication • Derivationally related forms: contraindicate • Topics: medicine, medical specialty • Hypernyms: reason

contralateral Click to Search contralateral
adjective on or relating to the opposite side (of the body) • Ant: ipsilateral

contralto Click to Search contralto
I noun 1. a woman singer having a contralto voice (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser • Instance Hyponyms: Anderson, Marian Anderson, Schumann-Heink, Ernestine Schumann-Heink 2. the lowest female singing voice • Syn: alto • Derivationally related forms: alto (for: alto) • Hypernyms: singing voice II adjective of or being the lowest female voice • Syn: alto • Similar to: low, low-pitched • Derivationally related forms: alto (for: alto)

contraption Click to Search contraption
noun a device or control that is very useful for a particular job (Freq. 1) • Syn: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget • Derivationally related forms: gadgeteer (for: gadget), convenient (for: convenience) • Hypernyms: device • Hyponyms: gadgetry, gimbal, injector, mod con

contrapuntal Click to Search contrapuntal
adjective 1. relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint - example : contrapuntal base • Pertains to noun: counterpoint 2. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together • Syn: polyphonic • Ant: monophonic (for: polyphonic) • Topics: music

contrapuntist Click to Search contrapuntist
noun a composer who specializes in counterpoint • Derivationally related forms: counterpoint • Hypernyms: composer

contrarian Click to Search contrarian
noun an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors • Hypernyms: investor

contrariety Click to Search contrariety
noun the relation between contraries • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness

contrarily Click to Search contrarily
adverb 1. in a contrary disobedient manner • Syn: perversely, contrariwise • Derived from adjective: contrary, perverse (for: perversely) 2. contrary to expectations - example : he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends • Syn: to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary • Derived from adjective: contrary

contrariness Click to Search contrariness
noun 1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • Syn: perversity, perverseness • Derivationally related forms: perverse (for: perverseness), perverse (for: perversity), contrary • Hypernyms: unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness • Hyponyms: cussedness, orneriness 2. a fussy and eccentric disposition • Syn: crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness • Derivationally related forms: grumpy (for: grumpiness), crotchety (for: crotchetiness), cranky (for: crankiness) • Hypernyms: ill nature

contrarious Click to Search contrarious
adjective difficult to deal with • Syn: cross-grained • Similar to: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

contrariwise Click to Search contrariwise
adverb 1. in a contrary disobedient manner • Syn: perversely, contrarily • Derived from adjective: contrary (for: contrarily), perverse (for: perversely) 2. with the order reversed - example : she hates him and vice versa • Syn: vice versa, the other way around 3. contrary to expectations - example : he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends • Syn: contrarily, to the contrary, on the contrary • Derived from adjective: contrary (for: contrarily)

contrary Click to Search contrary
I noun 1. a relation of direct opposition (Freq. 3) - example : we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true • Syn: reverse, opposite • Derivationally related forms: reverse (for: reverse) • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness 2. exact opposition - example : public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness 3. a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false • Hypernyms: logical relation II adjective 1. very opposed in nature or character or purpose (Freq. 5) - example : acts contrary to our code of ethics - example : the facts point to a contrary conclusion • Similar to: different 2. of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false (Freq. 1) - example : `hot' and `cold' are contrary terms • Similar to: antonymous 3. resistant to guidance or discipline - example : Mary Mary quite contrary - example : an obstinate child with a violent temper - example : a perverse mood - example : wayward behavior • Syn: obstinate, perverse, wayward • Similar to: disobedient • Derivationally related forms: perverseness (for: perverse), perversity (for: perverse), contrariness 4. in an opposing direction - example : adverse currents - example : a contrary wind • Syn: adverse • Similar to: unfavorable, unfavourable

contrary to fact Click to Search contrary to fact
adjective going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) • Syn: counterfactual • Similar to: conditional • Derivationally related forms: counterfactuality (for: counterfactual)

Contras Click to Search Contras
noun a Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States • Instance Hypernyms: guerrilla force, guerilla force

contrast Click to Search contrast
I noun 1. the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared (Freq. 23) - example : in contrast to", "by contrast • Syn: direct contrast • Hypernyms: opposition, oppositeness 2. the act of distinguishing by comparing differences (Freq. 10) • Hypernyms: comparison, comparing 3. a conceptual separation or distinction (Freq. 3) - example : there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity • Syn: line, dividing line, demarcation • Derivationally related forms: demarcate (for: demarcation) • Hypernyms: differentiation, distinction • Hyponyms: Rubicon, point of no return 4. the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: visual perception, beholding, seeing 5. the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) • Derivationally related forms: contrasty • Topics: photography, picture taking • Hypernyms: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit II verb 1. put in opposition to show or emphasize differences (Freq. 7) - example : The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student • Hypernyms: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something 2. to show differences when compared; be different (Freq. 3) - example : the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities • Syn: counterpoint • Derivationally related forms: contrastive • Hypernyms: differ • Hyponyms: oppose, counterbalance, conflict, foil • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s - example : Something is ----ing PP

contrast material Click to Search contrast material
noun a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills • Syn: contrast medium • Hypernyms: medium

contrast medium Click to Search contrast medium
noun a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills • Syn: contrast material • Hypernyms: medium

contrasting Click to Search contrasting
adjective strikingly different; tending to contrast (Freq. 1) - example : contrasting (or contrastive) colors • Syn: contrastive • Similar to: different • Derivationally related forms: contrast (for: contrastive)

contrastingly Click to Search contrastingly
adverb in a contrasting manner - example : contrastingly, both the rooms leading off it gave an immediate impression of being disgraced • Derived from adjective: contrasting

contrastive Click to Search contrastive
adjective 1. of words so related that one contrasts with the other - example : `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms • Syn: incompatible • Similar to: antonymous • Derivationally related forms: contrast 2. strikingly different; tending to contrast - example : contrasting (or contrastive) colors • Syn: contrasting • Similar to: different • Derivationally related forms: contrast 3. syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence - example : disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function • Similar to: disjunctive • Topics: grammar

contrasty Click to Search contrasty
adjective having sharp differences between black and white • Ant: flat • Derivationally related forms: contrast • Topics: photography, picture taking

contravene Click to Search contravene
verb 1. go against, as of rules and laws - example : He ran afoul of the law - example : This behavior conflicts with our rules • Syn: conflict, run afoul, infringe • Derivationally related forms: contravention, infringement (for: infringe), conflict (for: conflict) • Hypernyms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s PP 2. deny the truth of • Syn: contradict, negate • Derivationally related forms: negative (for: negate), negation (for: negate), contradictory (for: contradict), contradiction (for: contradict) • Hypernyms: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue • Hyponyms: deny • Verb Frames: - example : Somebody ----s something

contravention Click to Search contravention
noun coming into conflict with • Syn: dispute • Derivationally related forms: contravene, disputatious (for: dispute), dispute (for: dispute) • Hypernyms: resistance

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contrary

contrary

contrary to

contrary to expectations

contrast

contrast

contrast with

contrasting colors

contrasty

contravene

contravention

per contra

Linguatic German English Dictionary

contra

WordNet 3.0 Dictionary

Contra

contra danse

contraband

contrabandist

contrabass

contrabassoon

contraception

contraceptive

contraceptive device

contraceptive diaphragm

contraceptive method

contraceptive pill

contraclockwise

contract

contract bridge

contract in

contract killing