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contrastive
(k/@/n'tr/&/st/I/v )

adjective satellite (s)

  • of words so related that one contrasts with the other(adj.all)
    Example:
    `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.
    Synonym:
    incompatible
    source: wordnet30
  • strikingly different; tending to contrast(adj.all)
    Example:
    Contrasting (or contrastive) colors.
    Synonym:
    contrasting
    source: wordnet30
  • syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence(adj.all)
    Example:
    Disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.
    source: wordnet30
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