contrastive
/kən'træstɪv/
adjective
11 letters3 syllables16 points in Scrabble®19 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
ADJECTIVE
1
Of words so related that one contrasts with the other.
“`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms”
2
Strikingly different; tending to contrast.
“contrasting (or contrastive) colors”
3
Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence.
“disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function”
WORD FORMS
Related formcontrast
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®16 points
Words With Friends®19 points
Double word32 points
Triple word48 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinontrastivecay
Starts & ends withC … E
Syllablescon · tras · tive
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
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