English adjective: contrastive |
1. | contrastive of words so related that one contrasts with the other |
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| Samples | `rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.
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| Synonyms | incompatible |
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| Similar | antonymous |
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| Antonyms | synonymous |
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2. | contrastive strikingly different; tending to contrast |
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| Samples | Contrasting (or contrastive) colors.
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| Synonyms | contrasting |
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| Similar | different |
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| Antonyms | same |
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3. | contrastive syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence |
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| Samples | Disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.
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| Similar | disjunctive |
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| Domain category | grammar |
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| Antonyms | conjunctive |
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