contrary

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 29.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

   contrary winds

2. adjective Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
3. adjective Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

   a contrary disposition; a contrary child

4. adverb Contrarily

   I never act contrary to my principles.

5. noun The opposite.
6. noun One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
7. noun A type of loaded die.
8. verb To oppose; to frustrate.

Similar words

antonymous opposite adverse wayward different perverse obstinate unfavourable disobedient reverse

Often followed by

to is notwithstanding of the it in view opinion

Word family

contraries contrarily contrariness contrarinesses