| Main Entry: | discordant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not in harmony; conflicting |
Synonyms: |
antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, cacophonous, clashing, contradictory, contrarient, contrary, different, disagreeing, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, grating, harsh, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, on a sour note, opposite, quarreling, strident, uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmixable |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, agreeing, concordant, cooperating, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | cacophonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh sounding |
Synonyms: |
clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical |
Antonyms: |
quiet |
| Main Entry: | conflicting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contradictory |
Synonyms: |
adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds with, clashing, contrariant, contrary, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, opposed, opposing, paradoxical, unfavorable, unmixable |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, harmonious, nonconflicting, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | contrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antagonistic; opposite |
Synonyms: |
adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, 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, concordant, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar |
| Main Entry: | discrepant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing |
Synonyms: |
at variance, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, different, differing, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, dissonant, divergent, diverse, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, unmixable, varying |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
Synonyms: |
at variance, contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, far cry, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, separate, unalike, unequal, unequivalent, uneven, unlike, unsimilar, various |
Antonyms: |
alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disagreeing, differing |
Synonyms: |
discordant, dissentient, dissenting, heretical, heterodox, nonconformist, schismatic, sectarian, unorthodox |
Antonyms: |
agreeing, conforming |
| Main Entry: | dissonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different, conflicting |
Synonyms: |
anomalous, at variance, differing, disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissentient, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, irreconcilable, irregular, sour note, unmixable |
Antonyms: |
coinciding, compatible, complementary, consonant, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unharmonious |
Synonyms: |
cacophonic, cacophonous, discordant, disharmonic, disharmonious, grating, harsh, inharmonic, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, out of tune, raucous, strident, tuneless, unmelodious, unmusical |
Antonyms: |
concordant, harmonious |
| Main Entry: | divisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dissenting |
Synonyms: |
alienating, at odds, discordant, disruptive |