on the contrary

Questions about on the contrary

What is another word for on the contrary?

It depends which on the contrary you mean. In the sense “contrary to expectations”, the synonyms are contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of on the contrary?

WordNet records no antonym for on the contrary. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for on the contrary come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of on the contrary

• Full entry for on the contraryAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for on the contraryWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.