contrary
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Sense: Noun: opposite - often preceded by 'the'
Synonyms:
converse, opposite Collocations, polar opposite, counter Collocations, antithesis, obverse, other hand, other side, flipside, opposite extreme, other end of the scale, opposite pole
Sense: Adjective: opposite
Synonyms:
opposite Collocations, polar opposite, antithetical, counter Collocations, conflicting, different Collocations, contradictory, clashing, opposing, opposed, divergent, unlike Collocations, worlds apart, contradictory, contrasting
Sense: Adjective: unfavorable
Synonyms:
unfavorable, unfavourable , untimely, unfortunate Collocations, threatening Collocations, unlucky, disadvantageous, ill Collocations, adverse Collocations, inauspicious, unpropitious
Sense: Adjective: opposed
Synonyms:
opposed, opposing, counter Collocations, antagonistic, hostile Collocations, inimical, against, negative Collocations, antipathetical, conflicting, dissident, inconsistent, at war, warring, dead set against , at odds with, at cross-purposes
Sense: Adjective: obstinate
Synonyms:
defiant, obstinate, headstrong, stubborn Collocations, self-willed, awkward Collocations, wayward, willful, wilful , inflexible, uncooperative, pigheaded , pig-headed , hardheaded, hard-headed, stubborn as a mule , oppositional, cross-grained, cantankerous, froward , balky , rebellious Collocations, intractable, refractory, unyielding, contrarious, perverse, intransigent, bullheaded, bull-headed