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English adjective: contrastive

1. contrastive of words so related that one contrasts with the other


Samples`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms.


Synonymsincompatible


Similarantonymous


Antonymssynonymous

2. contrastive strikingly different; tending to contrast


SamplesContrasting (or contrastive) colors.


Synonymscontrasting


Similardifferent


Antonymssame

3. contrastive syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence


SamplesDisjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function.


Similardisjunctive


Domain categorygrammar


Antonymsconjunctive









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