English dictionary
contrastive
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective satellite
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of words so related that one contrasts with the other
Examples`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.
Synonyms incompatibleSource: WordNet 3.0
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strikingly different; tending to contrast
ExamplesContrasting (or contrastive) colors.
Synonyms contrastingSource: WordNet 3.0
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syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
ExamplesDisjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.
Source: WordNet 3.0