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contra

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Preposition, Adverb
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun contra has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

contraadv. & pref. 
     A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

contra, n. (pl. contras) a member of a counter-revolutionary guerrilla force in Nicaragua.

Etymology
abbr. of Sp. contrarevolucionario counter-revolutionary

THESAURUS

contra

a rebours, adverse to, against, against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antonym, arsy-varsy, at cross-purposes, at cross-purposes with, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwart, by contraries, con, contradictory, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, contrary, contrawise, converse, conversely, counter, counter to, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, cross, dead against, eyeball-to-eyeball, facing, foil, fronting, in conflict with, in confrontation, in flat opposition, in hostile array, in opposition, in opposition to, inverse, inversely, just the opposite, nay rather, obverse, offset, on the contrary, opposed to, opposite, opposite number, oppositely, otherwise, over, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, reverse, setoff, the contrary, the other side, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, toward, up in arms, upside down, versus, vice versa, vis-a-vis, with crossed bayonets

ROGET THESAURUS

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Contrariety

N contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness, contradiction, antagonism, clashing, repugnance, inversion, the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme, contrary, contrarious, contrariant, opposite, counter, dead against, converse, reverse, opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing, conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes, negative, hostile, differing toto coelo, diametrically opposite, diametrically opposed, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles, as different as night and day, Hyperion to a satyr, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire, contrarily, contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather, vice versa, on the other hand, all concord's born of contraries, Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

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