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Definition of Contrastive

• (adjective satellite) syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"
• (adjective satellite) strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"
• (adjective satellite) of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"

Synonyms of Contrastive

• Incompatible
• Contrasting

Antonyms of Contrastive

Homophones of Contrastive