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contras

contras is the plural of contra.

Meaning of contra

Noun

contra (plural contras)

  1. A deal to swap goods or services.
  2. (derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
  3. (attributive, often) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
    • a contra position; a contra entry
    Synonyms:
    counterentry
  4. (informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
  5. A contra dance.
  6. (New-England, US, obsolete) A country dance.
    • Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 232

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Noun capitalized: Contras

Contras

  1. (plural) plural of Contra

Questions about contras

What is contras the plural of?
Contras is the plural of contra.
What part of speech is contras?
Contras is a noun.

Words near contras in the dictionary

  1. contrary to
  2. contrary to all expectations
  3. contrary to popular belief
  4. contrarying
  5. contrarywise
  6. contras
  7. contrascriptural
  8. contraseasonal
  9. contraseasonally
  10. contraselectable
  11. contraselection

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contras (page history and authors); Contras (page history and authors); contra (page history and authors). 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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