contrary adjective abnegative, adversative, adversus, answering, antagonistic to, antipathetic, antithetic, antithetical, at cross purposes, at issue, at variince, averse, captious, conflicting, confutative, confuting, contradicting, contradictory, contradistinct, contrapositive, contrarius, contrasted, contrasting, converse, counter, counteracting, countervailing, denying, diametrically opposite, different, disaffirming, discordant, in opposition to, inverse, negative, negatory, obverse, opposed, opposing, opposite, opposite in character, opposite in nature, oppositional, oppugnant, rebutting, refutatory, refuting, tout le contraire, vis-à-visAssociated concepts: contrary intent, contrary to evidence, contrary to good morals, contrary to law, contrary to public interest, contrary to statute
contrary noun antilogy, antipode, antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction, contrast, converse, inconsistency, opposite, opposition, other extreme, reverse, vice versaAssociated concepts: contrary to the law
See also: adverse, antipathetic, antipode, antithesis, competitive, contentious, contra, contradictory, deviant, different, discordant, disinclined, disobedient, dissident, eccentric, fractious, froward, hostile, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inimical, intractable, inverse, litigious, negative, nonconforming, opposite, perverse, recalcitrant, recusant, repugnant, spiteful, unfavorable, unreasonable, unruly, unsuitable, vicious
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