contrastive

Letters that make contrastive

s, a, o, e, n, c, r, t, i, v are letters that make 'contrastive'

Words within contrastive

RAS, ti, NT, Contras, on, iv, as, con, contrast, IV, RA, AS, CO, Ra, Contra, As, Co, Ti are words within 'contrastive'


3 possible definitions for 'contrastive'

Contrastive as "of words so related that one contrasts with the other"

Under this definition, contrastive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

incompatible has the same meaning as contrastive

Derivatives of contrastive

contrast, counterpoint are derivatives of 'contrastive'.

Similar to contrastive

antonymous is similar to contrastive.

Example of contrastive used within this context

"`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"


Contrastive as "strikingly different, tending to contrast"

Under this definition, contrastive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

contrasting has the same meaning as contrastive

Derivatives of contrastive

contrast, counterpoint are derivatives of 'contrastive'.

Similar to contrastive

different is similar to contrastive.

Example of contrastive used within this context

"contrasting (or contrastive) colors"


Contrastive as "syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence"

Under this definition, contrastive is an adjective and has the following properties:

contrastive as a category

'contrastive' can be a category of grammar.

Similar to contrastive

disjunctive is similar to contrastive.

Example of contrastive used within this context

"disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"



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