contrary to
contrary to preposition: despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from.
Preposition
contrary to
- despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from
- Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert.
- Synonyms:
- contra
contrary to meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
contrary to in Hindi
- contrary to, inverse to
- के विपरीत ke viprīt
contrary to in Urdu
- برخلاف
contrary to in Malayalam
- against, in conflict with, at variance with
- എതിരായിട്ടുള്ള, വിരുദ്ധമായ, വിരുദ്ധമായിട്ടുള്ള, പൂർവ്വാപര മറിച്ചുള്ള, വെെരുദ്ധ്യമുള്ള, വിരുദ്ധസ്വഭാവമുള്ള
Synonyms of contrary to
Words formed from contrary to
Questions about contrary to
- What does contrary to mean?
- Contrary to means despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from.
- What is contrary to in Hindi?
- Contrary to in Hindi is के विपरीत (ke viprīt). See Contrary to meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is contrary to?
- Contrary to is a preposition.
Words near contrary to in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: contrary to (page history and authors); के विपरीत (Hindi) (page history and authors); contrary to (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contrary to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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