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Synonyms for contrary
Synonyms for contrary: adverse and obstinate. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for contrary
Interchangeable with contrary in this sense
Audited under contrary's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one contrary carries in that sense.
- adverseadjective, in the sense "in an opposing direction"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name contrary as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- obstinateobstinate is an adjective in the sense "resistant to guidance or discipline"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under contrary and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
in an opposing direction
A contrary wind.
The true synonym
adverse
Same sentence, swapped: A adverse wind.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- wayward
- various
- separated
Where contrary turns up in the game
contrary is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where contrary is the trap
- chokingnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is strangulation, in the sense "the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe", so contrary is there to be ruled out.
Play contrary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contrary reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Ridgeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contrary carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.