contrary

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. opposed, opposite, counter, conflicting, contradictory; unfavorable, adverse; captious, willful, perverse; hostile, antagonistic. See opposition, negation, obstinacy.Ant., favorable; obliging.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Opposed]

Syn. antagonistic, hostile, inimical; see against 3 , opposed .

2. [Opposite]

Syn. antithetical, counter, clashing; see opposite 1 .

3. [Unfavorable]

Syn. untimely, adverse, unpropitious; see unfavorable 2 .

4. [Obstinate]

Syn. perverse, contradictory, headstrong, stubborn, balky, restive, self-willed, wayward, willful, refractory, pigheaded, oppositional, cantankerous, cross-grained, froward, contrarious*; see also obstinate .

Syn.- contrary , in this comParison, implies a habitual willful disinclination to accept orders, advice, etc.; perverse implies an unreasonable obstinacy in deviating from what is considered right or acceptable; restive is applied to those who are impatient under restraint or discipline and hence are hard to control or keep in order; balky implies a stopping short and stubbornly refusing to go on See also Synonym Study at opposite . n.

Syn. converse, antithesis, just the opposite; see contrast 2 , opposite .

• on or [m1]• to the contrary,

Syn. conversely, contrary to, on the other hand, antithetically, contrariwise, inversely, contrasting, at the opposite pole, on the other side, in disagreement with, as opposed to, in opposition to, counter, in contradiction to; see also against 3 , opposed .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. opposite contradictory, antithetical, reverse, different, counter, incompatible, incongruous, inimical, conflicting.

2. disagreeable cantankerous, antagonistic, hostile, inimical, averse, antipathetic, at odds.

ANT.: 1. identical, consistent. 2. agreeable, accommodating

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Diametrically opposed: antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymic, antonymous, contradictory, converse2, counter, diametric, diametrical, opposing, opposite, polar, reverse. See SUPPORT. 2. Given to acting in opposition to others: balky, contrarious, difficult, froward, impossible, ornery, perverse, wayward. See ATTITUDE, SUPPORT. II noun That which is diametrically opposed to another: antipode, antipodes, antithesis, antonym, converse2, counter, opposite, reverse. Logic: contradictory, contrapositive. See SUPPORT.