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counterrevolutionary has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is revolutionary.
marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution
“ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies”
a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
1 of the 3 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for counterrevolutionary.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for counterrevolutionary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.