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Contrastive — synonyms, definition

1. contrastive (Adjective)

2 synonyms
contrasting incompatible
3 definitions

contrastive (Adjective) — Of words so related that one contrasts with the other. ex. "'rich' and 'hard-up' are contrastive terms"

contrastive (Adjective) — Strikingly different; tending to contrast. ex. "contrastive colours"

contrastive (Adjective) — (grammar) syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence. ex. "disjunctive conjunctions like 'but', 'or', or 'though' serve a contrastive function"