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| Main Entry: | antithetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reverse |
| Synonyms: | contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, inverse, opposed, opposite, contrasted, polarized, poles apart |
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| Main Entry: | contradictory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, antipodal, antithetical, con, conflicting, contrary, converse, counter, counteractive, diametric, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, opposing, opposite, ornery*, polar, repugnant, reverse, agin, anti, antipodean, antithetic, negating, no go, nullifying, paradoxical |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, consistent, reconciled, confirming, reconcilable, vouching |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, anti, antipodean, contrariant, dissentient, paradoxical, recusant, wrongheaded |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those |
| Antonyms: | accommodating, agreeing, alike, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar, concordant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | converse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, counter, different, reverse, reversed, antipodean, counterpole, transposed |
| Antonyms: | complementary, equal, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite, opposing |
| Synonyms: | adverse, against, antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, diametric, obverse, opposed, polar, reverse, anti, antipodean, hindering, impeding, obstructive |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, corresponding, equal, same, similar, concurring, corroborating |
| Main Entry: | diametric/diametrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed, conflicting |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, facing, opposite, polar, reverse, antipodean |
| Antonyms: | like, same, similar, approving, coinciding |
| Main Entry: | dissimilar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alike; not capable of comparison |
| Synonyms: | antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | differing |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, antithetical, atypical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, deviating, different, disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, diverse, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, separate, unequal, unlike, unnatural, untypical, variant, various, diverging, factional, poles apart, unalike, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, convergent, similar |
| Main Entry: | incompatible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, contradictory |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipathetic, antipodal, antithetical, clashing, conflicting, contrary, counter, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disparate, factious, inadmissible, inappropriate, incoherent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconstant, irreconcilable, jarring, night and day*, offbeat*, opposed, opposite, uncongenial, unsuitable, unsuited, warring, inconformable, inconsonant, marching to a different drummer, mismatched, poles apart, unadapted, whale of difference |
| Antonyms: | compatible, consonant, harmonious, loving, suited, well-matched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposed/opposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic, against |
| Synonyms: | allergic*, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, against the grain, anti*, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | assisting, compatible, helping, similar, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opposite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlike, conflicting; completely different |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, corresponding, counter, crosswise, diametric, different, dissimilar, diverse, facing, hostile, inconsistent, independent, inimical, inverse, irreconcilable, obverse, opposed, ornery*, polar, repugnant, retrograde, reverse, reversed, separate, unconnected, unrelated, antipodean, contrapositive, contrasted, diametrically opposed, differing, flip-side, fronting, paradoxical, unalike, unsimilar, violative, vis-รก-vis |
| Antonyms: | compatible, like, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diametric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposed |
| Synonyms: | adverse, antipodal, antithetical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, converse, counter, diametrical, facing, opposite, polar, reverse, antipodean |
| Antonyms: | alike, like, matching, same, similar, coinciding |
| Main Entry: | opposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | against, allergic, antipathetic, antithetical, averse, clashing, conflicting, confronting, contrary, counter, crossing, defensive, disagreeing, enemy, facing, hostile, incompatible, inimical, irreconcilable, opposing, opposite, repelling, restrictive, rival, warring, anti, antonymous, at cross-purposes, at odds, battling, combating, controverting, defending, denying, disputed, disputing, dissentient, exposing, gainsaying, in opposition, objecting, obstructive, protesting, up against |
| Antonyms: | in favor of |
| Main Entry: | polar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | opposite, opposed |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, antipodal, antithetical, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, diametric, reverse, antipodean |
| Antonyms: | same, similar |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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