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contrastive

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective satellite

  1. of words so related that one contrasts with the other

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    Examples
    `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. strikingly different; tending to contrast

    adj.all

    Examples
    Contrasting (or contrastive) colors.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence

    adj.all

    Examples
    Disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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