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ON THE CONTRARY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ON THE CONTRARY?

Need another word that means the same as “on the contrary”? Find 30 related words for “on the contrary” in this overview.

Associations of "On the contrary" (30 Words)

ambivalenceThe state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
The law s ambivalence about the importance of a victim s identity.
anachronismA person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age.
It is anachronism to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing.
antithesisA person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
conflictingOn bad terms.
Conflicting opinions.
contradictionA combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
The second sentence appears to be in flat contradiction of the first.
contradictoryA contradictory proposition.
Politically he exhibited contradictory behaviour.
converseEngage in conversation.
Parental and filial are converse terms.
discrepantNot compatible with other facts.
Widely discrepant statements.
disobedientUnwilling to submit to authority.
Larry was stern with disobedient employees.
dissentientDisagreeing, especially with a majority.
Dissentient voices were castigated as hopeless bureaucrats.
dissonantUnsuitable or unusual in combination; clashing.
Irregular dissonant chords.
enemyA personal enemy.
The enemy shot down four helicopters.
incompatibleNot compatible.
Long hours are simply incompatible with family life.
inconsistencyThe quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts.
The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour.
inexplicableIncapable of being explained or accounted for.
Left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons.
inharmoniousNot forming or contributing to a pleasing whole; discordant.
An inharmonious negative state of mind.
ironicUsing or characterized by irony.
An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely.
ironyWitty language used to convey insults or scorn–Jonathan Swif.
The irony is that I thought he could help me.
opposeBe resistant to.
A workers movement opposed the regime.
opposingFacing; opposite.
On the opposing page there were two addresses.
oppositeCharacterized by opposite extremes completely opposed.
The literal is the opposite of the figurative.
outmaneuverDefeat by more skillful maneuvering.
The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans.
oxymoronA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).
paradoxA statement that contradicts itself.
Cathedrals face the paradox of having enormous wealth in treasures but huge annual expenses.
paradoxicalSeemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true.
It is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking.
perverseShowing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable.
Films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption.
refractiveCapable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave.
The refractive characteristics of the eye.
refractory(of a person or animal) resistant to infection.
The refractory period of a muscle fiber.
sarcasmWitty language used to convey insults or scorn.
She didn t like the note of sarcasm in his voice.
waywardResistant to guidance or discipline.
A wayward adolescent.
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