Contradictory Synonyms and Antonyms

kŏntrə-dĭktə-rē
That confounds or contradicts or confuses
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. confounding
Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. opposite
That which is diametrically opposed to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. antipode
  2. antipodes
  3. antithesis
  4. antonym
  5. contrary
  6. converse
  7. counter
  8. opposite
  9. reverse
  10. contrapositive
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. self-refuting

Words Related to Contradictory

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Contradictory Sentence Examples

  • It was a contradictory thought - and totally unfair to Josh.

  • Thus he was able often to recover the meaning of a passage which had long been buried under a heap of contradictory glosses, and he founded a school in which sobriety and common sense were added to the industry and ingenuity of former commentators.

  • Believers could be in no uncertainty as to which of two contradictory passages remained in force; and they might still find edification in that which had become obsolete.

  • Unfortunately the statements concerning some points are very contradictory.

  • Evidently the explanations furnished by these historians being mutually contradictory can only satisfy young children.

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