Some examples of contradictory terms are 'living dead', 'pretty ugly', 'jumbo shrimp', and 'virtual reality'. If the contradiction is intentional (rhetorical or poetic), then it is called an ox·y·mo·ron. All oxymorons are contradictory terms, but not all contradictory terms are oxymorons.OXYMORON n.A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
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Contradictory
I mentioned my idea, although it was quite contrary to the subject.Contray to popular belief, the poor might be happier than the rich.contrary to what people think I do go to church regularly
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Some examples of contradictory terms are 'living dead', 'pretty ugly', 'jumbo shrimp', and 'virtual reality'. If the contradiction is intentional (rhetorical or poetic), then it is called an ox·y·mo·ron. All oxymorons are contradictory terms, but not all contradictory terms are oxymorons.OXYMORON n.A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
Similar means closely related and contradictory means opposite.
Some synonyms for contradictory include: inconsistent, conflicting, opposed, opposite, contrary, incompatible, paradoxical
Words that say the opposite of what someone else has said.
Words that say the opposite of what someone else has said.
Oxymoron
opposite, opposed - dissident - reverse - contradictory - antagonistic.
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It can be, if used with another noun to indicate location. "The bakery is opposite the bank." "The dog sat opposite the cat." Otherwise it will be a noun (the reverse) or an adjective (opposing, contradictory).
Of persons: froward [sic], contrary, oppositional. Of ideas: contrary, opposed, opposite, antithetical
No. Synonyms mean the same, or about the same.The term for words with opposite, or contradictory, meanings is antonyms.
Synonyms : different, differing, deviating , conflicting, opposing, opposite , contrary, contradictory