Synonyms for Adverse:

• adj.

  •adversarial (adjective)
  • most adversative,
  • more adversative.
  •adverse (adjective)
  • difficult,
  • catastrophic,
  • troublesome,
  • unpropitious,
  • inauspicious,
  • hard,
  • woeful,
  • opposing,
  • unlucky,
  • grievous,
  • antipathetic,
  • miserable,
  • distressful,
  • burdensome,
  • unfriendly,
  • perilous.
  •aggressive (adjective)
  • confrontational.
  •all (adjective)
  • adverse.
  •bad (adjective)
  • unhappy,
  • gloomy,
  • troubling,
  • troubled.
  •calamitous (adjective)
  • most blighting,
  • more blighting.
  •conflicting (adjective)
  • unmixable,
  • disconsonant,
  • Inconsonant,
  • Contrariant,
  • at odds with,
  • paradoxical.
  •contradictory (adjective)
  • re-verse,
  • most negating,
  • most nullifying,
  • coner,
  • counter-active,
  • co-nest,
  • more nullifying,
  • more anti,
  • most anti,
  • more antithetic,
  • more negating,
  • re verse,
  • most reverse,
  • anti-thetic,
  • anti thetical,
  • more agin,
  • more reverse,
  • anti thetic,
  • conest,
  • counter active,
  • most against,
  • anti-thetical,
  • most agin,
  • most antithetic,
  • more against,
  • co nest.
  •contrary (adjective)
  • wayward,
  • in tractable,
  • stubborn,
  • obstinate,
  • headstrong,
  • in subordinate,
  • head strong,
  • more wrongheaded,
  • in-subordinate,
  • Non-conforming,
  • most recusant,
  • in-tractable,
  • non conformist,
  • most wrongheaded,
  • dis sentient,
  • dis-sentient,
  • non conforming,
  • more recusant,
  • nonconformist,
  • more dissentient,
  • most dissentient.
  •counter (adjective)
  • most hindering,
  • most obstructive,
  • impeding,
  • more hindering,
  • most impeding,
  • most obverse,
  • more obstructive,
  • more obverse,
  • more impeding.
  •destructive (adjective)
  • erosive,
  • cankerous.
  •detrimental (adjective)
  • pre judicial,
  • pre-judicial,
  • mischievous.
  •diametric/diametrical (adjective)
  • most facing,
  • more facing.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • cumbersome,
  • strenuous,
  • cantankerous,
  • stressful,
  • bothersome,
  • onerous,
  • ticklish,
  • complicated,
  • thorny,
  • oppressive,
  • demanding,
  • fussy,
  • tricky,
  • rugged,
  • knotty,
  • tight,
  • wearing,
  • grinding,
  • severe,
  • laborious,
  • complex,
  • finicky,
  • tough,
  • harsh,
  • uphill,
  • formidable,
  • toilsome,
  • wearying,
  • rough,
  • wearisome,
  • trying,
  • arduous.
  •disadvantageous (adjective)
  • illtimed,
  • most downside,
  • in-expedient,
  • dis-advantageous,
  • un-profitable,
  • most debit side,
  • more debitside,
  • most dyslogistic,
  • more debit side,
  • dis advantageous,
  • more dyslogistic,
  • ill-timed,
  • un-complimentary,
  • un complimentary,
  • most debit-side,
  • in-opportune,
  • more downside,
  • on debit side,
  • more detracting,
  • in opportune,
  • un profitable,
  • debitside,
  • more uncomplimentary,
  • most detracting,
  • most debitside,
  • more debit-side,
  • most uncomplimentary,
  • in expedient,
  • objectionable.
  •disastrous (adjective)
  • ill fated,
  • ill starred,
  • ill-starred,
  • un luckier,
  • illstarred,
  • un luckiest,
  • un lucky,
  • un-lucky,
  • un-luckiest,
  • illfated,
  • un-luckier.
  •froward (adjective)
  • dis obedient,
  • more insubmissive,
  • dis-obedient,
  • in-submissive,
  • in submissive,
  • most insubmissive,
  • insubmissive.
  •harmful (adjective)
  • Harassing,
  • malefic,
  • murderous.
  •hostile (adjective)
  • most oppugnant,
  • in-hospitable,
  • un-friendlier,
  • most illdisposed,
  • un-kinder,
  • un friendlier,
  • illdisposed,
  • un-sociable,
  • more oppugnant,
  • un kind,
  • un-kindest,
  • un-kind,
  • ill disposed,
  • dis approving,
  • un friendliest,
  • un sympathetic,
  • more disapproving,
  • un sociable,
  • un welcoming,
  • un kindest,
  • most disapproving,
  • more unwelcoming,
  • most unwelcoming,
  • more illdisposed,
  • un-friendly,
  • un kinder,
  • dis-approving,
  • most ill disposed,
  • more ill disposed,
  • un-friendliest,
  • more ill-disposed,
  • in hospitable,
  • most ill-disposed,
  • un-welcoming.
  •ill (adjective)
  • fore boding,
  • more nocent,
  • dis-respectful,
  • in-auspicious,
  • most unpromising,
  • illmannered,
  • in auspicious,
  • un-gracious,
  • fore-boding,
  • un-promising,
  • most nocent,
  • more foreboding,
  • un gracious,
  • dis respectful,
  • un promising,
  • more unpromising,
  • ill mannered,
  • most foreboding,
  • ill.
  •incompatible (adjective)
  • mis matched,
  • in conformable,
  • un congenial,
  • marching to different drummer,
  • un-congenial,
  • more inconformable,
  • in appropriate,
  • un-suited,
  • in-conformable,
  • more unadapted,
  • un-suitable,
  • un-adapted,
  • in admissible,
  • dis agreeing,
  • more mismatched,
  • night day,
  • in-admissible,
  • most unadapted,
  • un adapted,
  • most mismatched,
  • marching a different drummer,
  • in-constant,
  • mis-matched,
  • in-compatible,
  • un suited,
  • most inconformable,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • marching different drummer,
  • in-appropriate,
  • un suitable,
  • in-coherent,
  • in compatible,
  • marching to a different drummer,
  • whale difference.
  •infelicitous (adjective)
  • in felicitous,
  • in-felicitous.
  •inimical (adjective)
  • inimicable.
  •injurious (adjective)
  • more libeling,
  • opprobrious,
  • most libeling,
  • un-juster,
  • un conducive,
  • un juster,
  • un-justest,
  • un-conducive,
  • most unconducive,
  • un justest,
  • un-just,
  • more unconducive,
  • un just,
  • unconducive.
  •negative (adjective)
  • Refusing,
  • unaffirmative,
  • Privative,
  • naysaying,
  • unenthusiastic.
  •opposing (adjective)
  • most contending,
  • more contending.
  •opposite (adjective)
  • diametrically opposed,
  • flipside,
  • independent,
  • Fronting,
  • flip-side,
  • unsimilar,
  • unalike,
  • violative,
  • most opposite.
  •oppositional (adjective)
  • against the grain,
  • at cross purposes,
  • up against,
  • at cross-purposes,
  • restrictive.
  •repugnant (adjective)
  • dis tasteful,
  • un conformable,
  • Revulsive,
  • most unfitted,
  • dis-tasteful,
  • more revulsive,
  • more unfitted,
  • most revulsive,
  • more unconformable,
  • un fitted,
  • dis-gusting,
  • un-conformable,
  • un-fitted,
  • most unconformable,
  • dis gusting.
  •sinister (adjective)
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-honest,
  • Ill-boding,
  • ill boding,
  • dis honest,
  • illboding,
  • more blackhearted,
  • most doomful,
  • most blackhearted,
  • dis-quieting,
  • more doomful.
  •tragic (adjective)
  • heart rending,
  • more anguished,
  • de solate,
  • more heart rending,
  • de-solate,
  • more heart-rending,
  • most anguished,
  • most heart-rending,
  • most heart rending,
  • more crushing,
  • most crushing.
  •unadvantageous (adjective)
  • un-advantageous,
  • un satisfactory,
  • un advantageous,
  • un-satisfactory.
  •unfavorable (adjective)
  • in convenient,
  • un-seasonable,
  • un-favorable,
  • most discommodious,
  • dis commodious,
  • un seemly,
  • un seemlier,
  • more discommodious,
  • dis-commodious,
  • un-timelier,
  • un-timely,
  • in advisable,
  • un-seemliest,
  • un-timeliest,
  • un timeliest,
  • in-convenient,
  • in-advisable,
  • un-seemlier,
  • un timely,
  • un favorable,
  • un timelier,
  • un-fit,
  • un seemliest,
  • illadvised,
  • un seasonable.
  •unfortunate (adjective)
  • Star-crossed,
  • more jinxed,
  • more shattered,
  • un fortunate,
  • most jinxed,
  • un-successful,
  • un-prosperous,
  • most unprosperous,
  • jinxed,
  • in bad way,
  • out luck,
  • un-becoming,
  • un successful,
  • most shattered,
  • more unprosperous,
  • un-fortunate,
  • starcrossed,
  • un prosperous,
  • un becoming,
  • star crossed.
  •unpropitious (adjective)
  • un-propitious,
  • un propitious.
  •untoward (adjective)
  • in-docile,
  • mis-fortunate,
  • more misfortunate,
  • un-manageable,
  • un disciplined,
  • unpliablest,
  • unpliabler,
  • un pliable,
  • in docile,
  • mis fortunate,
  • un pliabler,
  • un-pliablest,
  • un-pliabler,
  • un manageable,
  • most misfortunate,
  • un-yielding,
  • un yielding,
  • un-pliable,
  • un-governable,
  • un pliablest.

• n.

  •
  • unsafe,
  • hazardous,
  • ruinous,
  • risky.
  •
  • support.
  •
  • help.
  •adverse (noun)
  • unfavourable.
  •contrast (noun)
  • oppositeness,
  • adverses,
  • inverses,
  • variation,
  • incongruousness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divisive,
  • invidious,
  • offending,
  • fraught,
  • touchy,
  • self-defeating,
  • murphy's law,
  • costly,
  • problem,
  • tendentious,
  • punitive,
  • amiss,
  • schismatic,
  • provocative,
  • expensive,
  • problematic,
  • oppositional,
  • adversarial,
  • disruptive,
  • intrusive,
  • fractious,
  • vexed,
  • devilish,
  • contentious.
  •
  • contrast,
  • corrosive,
  • antagonistic,
  • incendiary,
  • awkward,
  • inflammatory,
  • opposed,
  • undesirable,
  • rogue,
  • embarrassing,
  • prickly.
  •
  • unsatisfactory,
  • crippling.
  •Other relevant words:
  • laggard,
  • different,
  • bad luck,
  • execrate,
  • inauspiciously,
  • low,
  • hard lines,
  • Improsperous,
  • compulsion,
  • rival,
  • recalcitrant,
  • counteractive,
  • inclement,
  • dire,
  • antonymous,
  • rigorous,
  • divergent,
  • resist,
  • contravene,
  • clashing,
  • disagreeable,
  • rainy,
  • reluctant,
  • sick,
  • Of,
  • derogatory,
  • discouraging,
  • adversity,
  • unwilling,
  • grab,
  • obverse,
  • unhygienic,
  • Into,
  • hapless,
  • dissenter,
  • decayed,
  • contrapositive,
  • opponent,
  • disputatious,
  • luckless,
  • shy of,
  • Unblest,
  • counteract,
  • dissenting,
  • unpleasant,
  • Contradistinct,
  • disconfirming,
  • prejudicial,
  • beforehand,
  • evil dispensation,
  • Compensating,
  • highly,
  • foe,
  • contend,
  • disinclined,
  • adversive,
  • ornery,
  • Against,
  • refractory,
  • poor,
  • under a cloud,
  • in trouble,
  • defy,
  • backward,
  • inexorable necessity,
  • quarrelsome,
  • scrupulous,
  • slack,
  • counterproductive,
  • unconsenting,
  • diagonally,
  • individual,
  • assailant,
  • have no use for,
  • go backward,
  • perverse,
  • counterbalancing,
  • antagonism,
  • injuriously,
  • contrariety,
  • evil,
  • Unto,
  • uncooperative,
  • cross,
  • wrongly,
  • ahead,
  • disparaging,
  • unwell,
  • heartsick,
  • insulting,
  • ominous,
  • Oppugning,
  • Dogsick,
  • dissentious,
  • facing,
  • necessity,
  • severely,
  • alien,
  • inversion,
  • indirectly,
  • contradiction,
  • indisposed,
  • Nocuous,
  • antithesis,
  • at issue,
  • repel,
  • abominate,
  • sword,
  • dissimilar,
  • vie for,
  • rush,
  • go against,
  • pernicious,
  • discordant,
  • ill luck,
  • disobey,
  • at variance,
  • unbecoming,
  • back,
  • poorly,
  • conversely,
  • corruptly,
  • balancing,
  • discrepant,
  • deplorable,
  • not easy,
  • critical,
  • sloppy,
  • indifferent,
  • blustery,
  • loathe,
  • intimate,
  • sleety,
  • cataclysmic,
  • failure,
  • disagreeing,
  • allergic to,
  • belittling,
  • lousy,
  • contrarily,
  • inopportune,
  • hopeless,
  • awfully,
  • stuffy,
  • unwelcome,
  • loath,
  • defend,
  • fight,
  • betray,
  • slough of despond,
  • distress,
  • contrarious,
  • troublous,
  • affliction,
  • warlike,
  • down on,
  • froward,
  • antagonistic in purpose,
  • condemnatory,
  • wickedly,
  • hard case,
  • damaging,
  • nasty,
  • portentous,
  • down side,
  • calamity,
  • endure,
  • inverse,
  • in conflict,
  • previously,
  • Versus,
  • terrible,
  • controvert,
  • Onto,
  • badly,
  • necessitation,
  • personal,
  • Disputing,
  • offish,
  • detest,
  • reverse,
  • oppositive,
  • inconsistent,
  • Restiff,
  • fate,
  • snowy,
  • baneful,
  • obliquely,
  • comparison,
  • competition,
  • adversary,
  • noxious,
  • unflattering,
  • contradict,
  • remiss,
  • indecent,
  • per,
  • antithetical,
  • unhealthy,
  • other side,
  • argumentative,
  • countervailing,
  • confronting,
  • awful,
  • badly off,
  • in adverse circumstances,
  • hardly,
  • Toward,
  • on the contrary,
  • in disagreement,
  • in advance,
  • slighting,
  • despise,
  • opposition,
  • abhor,
  • squared off,
  • foul,
  • disapproving,
  • frowns of fortune,
  • insalubrious,
  • deprecating,
  • hostility,
  • distinction,
  • queasy,
  • baleful,
  • on,
  • clouded,
  • stormy,
  • unsympathetic,
  • restive,
  • Disaccordant,
  • antipodean,
  • seriously,
  • aslant,
  • differing,
  • During,
  • enemy,
  • converse,
  • at war with,
  • viciously,
  • unconstructive,
  • noncooperative,
  • Upon,
  • antagonist,
  • rotten,
  • Disliking,
  • sick of,
  • undone,
  • backwards,
  • Contrasted,
  • hard luck,
  • hardship,
  • involuntary,
  • unseemly,
  • Overthwart,
  • rebel,
  • conflict,
  • inconvenient,
  • break,
  • loth,
  • improperly,
  • wet,
  • offensive,
  • wretched,
  • windy,
  • bleak,
  • malignant,
  • dislike,
  • obligation,
  • rapier,
  • evil star,
  • Demurring,
  • indecorous,
  • offend,
  • revolt,
  • rob,
  • con,
  • at odds,
  • dangerous,
  • scrappy,
  • hard life,
  • grievance,
  • fastidious,
  • uncomely,
  • oppose,
  • averse,
  • diametric,
  • counterpoised,
  • incongruous,
  • deleterious,
  • hurtful,
  • electronegative,
  • From,
  • competitive,
  • behindhand,
  • noisome,
  • squeamish,
  • naughtily,
  • subjection,
  • wicked,
  • hate,
  • disagree.

Paraphrases for Adverse:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    unfavorable, unfavourable, harmful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    unfavourable, harmful.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    disadvantaged, disastrous, untoward, inclement, unintended, objectionable, unwelcome, iatrogenic, unhealthy, reverse, nefarious, difficult, nonperforming, nuisance, effects, debilitating, non-performing, opposing, inhospitable, unscrupulous, downside, favourable, deteriorating, therapeutic, deplorable, contrary, inverse, unpleasant, evil, perverted, abnormal, unsatisfactory, less-favoured, wrong, inappropriate, antagonistic, downward, wicked.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    deleterious, disadvantageous, damaging, prejudicial, perverse, undesired, pernicious, destructive, inimical, noxious, undesirable, counterproductive, negative, devastating, severe, opposite, dangerous, unfortunate, hostile, dire, harsh, detrimental, secondary, ill, serious, counter-productive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    undesirable, negative, detrimental.

Antonyms for Adverse:

• adj.

  • unfavorable, antagonistic
    fortunate, favorable, lucky, Aiding, good, friendly, Assisting, nice, helpful, auspicious, propitious, kind.
  • Other antonyms:
    benignant, healthful, safe, advantageous, curative, beneficial, remedial, nontoxic, cordial, innocent, secure, noninfectious, innocuous, nonpolluting, congenial, benign, sound, salubrious, agreeable, complying, affable, amicable, harmless, well-disposed, unresistant, nonvenomous, supportive, useful, tolerant, Hurtless, salutary, anodyne, nonfatal, hospitable, amiable, nonlethal, healthy, wholesome, understanding, nonpoisonous, inoffensive, favourable, nondestructive, noncorrosive, sympathetic, palliative.

Homophones for Adverse:

• adobe brick.