What is another word for Contrariant?

Pronunciation: [kˌɒntɹəɹˈa͡ɪənt] (IPA)

Contrariant is a word that refers to something that is contradictory or opposite to another thing. There are several synonyms for this word, including conflicting, opposing, contrary, inconsistent, and divergent. Conflicting refers to things that are in direct opposition to each other, while opposing implies a disagreement or a difference of opinion. Contrary and inconsistent both denote things that are not in agreement with each other, with inconsistent implying a lack of coherence or logic. Divergent, on the other hand, suggests a deviation or branching out from a common path. All of these synonyms serve to convey the idea of two things that are not compatible with each other, either in thought or action.

What are the hypernyms for Contrariant?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the antonyms for Contrariant?

Usage examples for Contrariant

I will not here tell you what I have try'd, that I may be able to deprive at pleasure the Precipitate that one of the Sulphureous Liquors had made, by the copious Affusion of the other: Because I found, though this Experiment is too ticklish to let me give a full account of it in few words, I shall therefore tell you, that it is not only for once, that the other above-mention'd Experiment may be made, the same Numerical parcels of Liquor being still imploy'd in it; for after I have Clarify'd the Orange Colour'd Liquor, by the addition of as little of the Oyl of Viriol as will suffice to perform the effect, I can again at pleasure re-produce the Opacous Colour, by the dropping in of fresh Oyl of Tartar, and destroy it again by the Re-affusion of more of the Acid Menstruum; and yet oftner if I please, can I with these two Contrariant Liquors recall and disperse the Colour, though by reason of the addition of so much new Liquor, in reference to the Mercurial particles, the Colour will at length appear more dilute and faint.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle

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